408 ANNUAL REGISTER, 147. 
misfortune, fince he was thus de- 
prived of an employment that af- 
forded him coniftant amufement, ’ 
and which he loved much more 
for its own fake than on account 
of thegreat emoluments4vith which 
the practice of his art was attended. 
Still, however, he retained his ufual 
fpirits ; was amufed by reading, or 
hearing others. read to him; and 
partook of the fociety of his friends 
with the fame pleafure as formerly : 
butin October, 1791, having ftrong 
apprehenfions that a tumor, accom- 
panied withan inflammation, which 
took place over the eye that had 
perifhed, might affeé the other al- 
_ fo, he became fomewhat dejected. 
Meanwhile he laboured under a 
much more dangerous difeafe, which 
deprived him both of his wonted — , 
fpirits and his appetite, though he 
was wholly unable to explain to his 
phyficians the nature or feat of his 
diforder. During this period of 
great affliGtion to all his friends, his 
malady was by many fuppofed to 
he imaginary ; and it was conceiv- 
ed that, if he would but exert him- 
felf, he could flake it off. -This 
inftance, however, may ferve to 
thew, that the patient beft knows 
what he fuffers; and that few long 
somplain of bedily ailments with- 
out an adequate caufe ; for at length 
{but not till about a fortnight be- 
foré his death) the feat of his difor- 
der was found to be in his liver, the 
inordinate growth of which, as it 
afterwards appeared, had incom- 
modéd all the funétions of life; and 
of this difeafe, which he bore with 
the greate{t fortitude and patience, 
he died, after a confinement of 
-Mear three months, at his houfe in 
Leicefter-Fields, on Thurfday even- 
ang, February 23d, 1792. 
t 
Differtations and Mifcellaneous Pieces res 
lating to the Hiftory and Antiquities, 
the Arts, Sciences, and Literature of 
Afia. By the late Sir William Jones, 
and others. Vols. 3 and 4, London. 
- the third volume of this publi- 
cation, are extraéted the moft, 
ufeful and entertaining differtations 
contained in the Afiatic Refearches ; 
among which the editors have done 
jufttice to their.own tafte, and to 
that of the public, by a well-judged 
partiality to the eflays of the late 
learned and ingenious Sir William 
Jones. They have alfo inferted his 
admirable preface to the Hindu 
law, though not contained in the 
volume from which the other pieces 
are felected. 
The fourth volume, from the 
difficulty and expence of obtaining 
books from India, is reprinted ver- 
batim from the Caleutta quarto edi- 
tion; and does infinite credit to the 
induftry and learning of our coun- 
trymen in the Eaft Indies; whofe 
ardour in the purfuit of ufeful 
knowledge has not been relaxed 
by the lofs of their late amiable and 
ever to be lamented prefident. 
To enumerate all the articles 
that compofe thefe volumes would 
be tedious; to mention the beft, 
invidious: we can only fay that the 
peruial of them cannot but afford 
great pleaiure to every clafs of 
readers, from the variety of fubjeéts 
treated on, and from the-generat 
intereft that. muft be excited by 
the accounts of the manners and 
cuftoms of a people, though dif- 
tant, yet living under the fame 
happy government as ourfelves. 
We think we caunot pay a bet-. 
ter tribute to the memory of Sir 
‘William Jongs, than by giving our 
uO. & - ofeaders 
