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Mr. Colebrooke, towards the close of the century, pub- 

 lished a Digest of Hindoo Law, in four vols. 8vo. He was 

 induced to undertake this work by the recommendation of 

 Sir William Jones. It is, on various accounts, a curious 

 and valuable work. 



The Rev. William Carey, a Baptist missionary of dis- 

 tinguished talents and piety, has, by his persevering labours, 

 rendered important service to Hindoo literature. At the close 

 of the eighteenth century he had translated the whole Bible 

 into the Bengalee language, had printed his translation of the 

 New Testament, and distributed a large edition of this portion 

 of the sacred scriptures among the Hindoos. This zealous 

 and unwearied missionary has also formed a Sanscrit Gram- 

 mar, and has begun a Dictionary of the same language. 



Chinese Literature. 



A curious specimen of Chinese literature was given to the 

 world, during the eighteenth century, by Joseph Moyriac 

 de Mailla, a learned French Jesuit. Having made himself 

 acquainted with the Chinese language, this ecclesiastic was 

 sent as a missionary to China in 1703. He was greatly 

 esteemed by the Emperor, Kang-Hi, who employed him 

 in making a map of China, and of Chinese Tartary. Mailla 

 translated the great Annals of China into French, part of 

 which translation has been published by the Abbe Grosier, 

 under the following title: Histoire General de la Chine. 13 

 vols. 4to. Paris. 1777. — Mailla died at Pekin, in the year 

 1748. 



NOTES ON CHAPTER XV. 



French Language. 



oINCE the publication of Richelet's Dictionary, a more 

 full and accurate one has been compiled by the Abbe Fe- 

 raud. 



