a Letters of Sir Wirt1am Jonrs to Samurt Davis, Esq. 
The first volume of our Transactions will soon, I trust, be published ; 
and the second volume will, I hope, be enriched with your papers~on 
Hindu Astronomy. On the 145th page of the first volume begins a paper 
by Mr. Chambers, on the Ruins at AMavalipuram, near Sadras ; and the 
author, I recollect, informed me that you had a sketch of those ruins: now, 
if Mr. Daniell be with you, and would have the goodness to make an 
etching of your drawing, it might be printed here by Brittridge, and would 
greatly illustrate Mr. Chambers’ paper, as well as embellish the book. Mr. 
Daniell knows the size of our volume. Give my best compliments to him, 
to Mr. Adair, and all our common friends ; and believe me, dear Sir, 
Your faithful humble serv! 
W. JONES. 
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V. 
Calcutta: 8 Dec. 1788 
Dear Sir, 
I cannot delay thanking you, as I do most heartily, for your kind letter ; 
but I must write very succinctly, as I have scarce a moment at this season, 
which I can call my own. Your researches into the Hindu astronomy 
are indeed highly interesting, and some papers of yours will, I trust, give 
value to the second volume of our Transactions, to which your sketch of 
Mavalipuram will, I hope, be prefixed. The first volume will be published 
next month; and though it will want the decoration of your drawing, will, 
Tam sure, be found curious and useful. 
My best compl to my friends at Bhagalpur, and believe me 
Dear Sir 
Your faithful humble 
serv: W. JONES. 
VI. 
Gardens near Calcutta : 
28 Febr. 1789. 
Though I am not a practical astronomer, yet your valuable dissertation, 
my dear Sir, has given me great delight. I heartily rejoice that you have 
directed your studies to so important a subject; and agree with you in 
every point, except in thinking that your paper is too prolix to be printed, 
as it stands, in the second volume of the Transactions: in the first volume 
