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principles of policy, to impress upon the minds of the natives of the country an idea of 
respect and veneration for those descendants, and their religious and moral institutions. 
The Committee having opened a communication with the inhabitants of the Mau- 
ritius, with the Parsis at Bombay, and with the descendants of Europeans in India, known 
by the appellation of East-Indians, expect to acquire from them much insight into the 
local history of the several countries in which they reside. 
The inhabitants of the Mauritius have always been distinguished for their attention 
to science and to natural history. The establishment of a college on that island affords 
them a great facility in promoting the education and enlarging the understanding of 
their children. Their recent formation of a society for investigating the natural history 
of their own and of the adjacent islands, is an additional proof of their desire to 
collect and communicate to their countrymen every description of useful knowledge. 
The conduct of Mr. Teirair and Monsieur Dasanre, the former in his botanical and 
agricultural, the latter in his astronomical researches, deserves the highest approbation 
from the Royal Asiatic Society, which is already indebted to the Mauritius for some 
observations connected with astronomy, meteorology, and the variations of the magnetic 
needle. 
The Parsis of Bombay entertain the most liberal feelings in favour of science and 
literature: they possess great wealth, and commercial relations with every part of 
Asia. The mission sent by them some years ago to Persia at their own expense, of 
Kaus, the father of Murra Firus the editor of the Desatir, for the purpose of making 
inquiries relative to the remnant of the Parsis in that country; the discovery by 
Kaus while on that mission of a copy of the Desatir in the Peblivi language, and the 
English translation of that curious work, published by Murra Finus at Bombay in 
1818, shew the spirit and the perseverance wi.h which the Parsis of Bombay have 
instituted inquiries connected with the history of their country. The talents and the 
acquirements of the late Parsi naval architect, Bomans1 Jamsers1, shew their 
capacity for acquiring and applying to important purposes, the most useful and the 
most difficult branches of mathematical and mechanical sciences, and the benevolence, 
the zeal, and the prudence with which his nephew Bomans1 Hormay: is at present 
engaged in urging every measure by which the education, as well as the moral and the 
political improvement of bis countrymen can be assisted, shew the correct views which 
they entertain of the principles of a free government, and the high value which they 
attach to the acquisition of the English language, to an efficient system of education, to 
the cultivation of their understanding, and to the unrestricted circulation throughout 
British India of European science and European literature. 
The East-Indians who are established in different parts of India, are, from their 
descent, from their education, from their acquaintance with the English and the local 
languages, and from their associating with the natives, well adapted, provided 
proper encouragement be given them, to procure the most accurate and detailed 
reports on the situation of the country; and on the religion, manners, and usages 
of the people. Mr. Gzorcr Hucues, who is so distinguished for his talents and his 
