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was one (Dr. L.), dear to me in private friendship 

 and esteem, who, had he lived, was of all men 

 hest calculated to have supplied those deficiencies 

 which will be apparent in the very imperfect work 

 now presented to the public. From his profound 

 acquaintance with Eastern languages and Indian 

 history, from the unceasing activity of his great 

 talents, his prodigious acquirements, his extensive 

 views, and his confident hope of illustrating na- 

 tional migrations from the scenes which he was 

 approaching, much might have been expected; 

 but just as he reached those shores on which he 

 hoped to slake his ardent thirst for knowledge, he 

 fell a victim to excessive exertion, deplored by all, 

 and by none more truly than myself." 



Without detracting from the high encomium here 

 passed on Leyden, we may venture to assert, that 

 the public are well satisfied as to the manner in 

 which the author himself has prepared and executed 

 his laborious task, notwithstanding his impaired 

 state of health, and the many encroachments made 

 on his time. In every chapter he pours forth the 

 treasures of a mind stored with information, whether 

 the subject be religion or literature, commerce or 

 agriculture, the remains of antiquity or the pursuits 

 of science. 



Of the chapters devoted to the learning and su- 

 perstitions of the natives; their religious edifices, 

 especially the splendid temples of Brambanan, Boro 

 Bodo, Guming Prahu, Kediri, Singa Sari, Suku, 



