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— This accounted for, from the great changes in the pronunciation 

 of language. — Of Greek names of places and perfons in India, 'when 

 Alexander -was there, — thefe names more Greek than the prefent 

 Shanfcrit. — The reafon of this. — A great many more Greek words 

 to be colle&ed from the Shanfcrit. — Mr Wilkin s has given the au- 

 thor about 70 jnore. — Other ivords he has got from other travellers 

 in India. — Of the refemblance of the tivo languages in the three 

 great arts of language, Compofttion, Derivation, and FleElion. — 

 Examples of compofttion in the Shanfcrit. — One extraordinary com- 

 pofttion, with the A privative, as common in the Shanfcrit as in the 

 Greek. — Of derivation in the Shanfcrit, Mr Wit kins has given the 

 author no example, — but it is ufed in that language as well as com- 

 pofttion and fieElion. — Of fie Elton in the Shanfcrit. — The great va- 

 riety of this art of language. — Verbs in ija in the Shanfcrit as well 

 OS in the Greek, — a fpecimen of four perfons of the prefent tenfe of 

 the fubflantive verb in the Shanfcrit, the fame with the Greek and 

 Latin. — Mr Wilkins, by cotriparing the two languages, has proved 

 that in faSl the two languages are the fame, — has fettled, in this 

 way, a fa£l luhich was denied by fome antient authors, that the 

 Egyptians were in India. — The learned world thereby much oblig- 

 ed to him. 



BEFORE I undertook to prove, that the Egyptians were the in- 

 ventors of the art of language, I thought it was proper to 

 prove, that they had invented other ai'ts and fciences*. This I hope 

 I have done to the fatisfadtion of my readers ; and if fo, the necef- 

 fary confequence is, that they mull have had the ufe of language, 

 and of a language of art, without which it is impoffible that arts and 

 fciences can be invented or cultivated. This langur.ge, therefore, 

 they muft either have invented themfelves, or got it from fome o- 



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