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whence we may, in a great mcafure, account for the 

 obfcuritv and confufion in which this iubject has hi- 

 therto remained among the Indians themfelves ; and 

 the consequent glimmering light that preceding wri- 

 ters have yet afforded in this branch of oriental know- 

 ledge, which really feems to have been flurred over as 

 a drudgery entirely beneath their notice and enquiry. 

 The firft gjouree of tht firft pubur is fo far facred to the 

 Emperor of Hinduftan, that his Gjouree, alee alone 

 ftrikes one for it. The fecond gjouree is known by two 

 blows on the Gjbureejali and fo on : one ft roke is 

 added for every gjouree to the higheft, which (af- 

 fuming the equinoctial periods for this ftatement) is 

 eight, announced by eight diftinct blows for the paft 

 gjourees ; after which, with a flight intermiflion, the 

 gujur of eight bells is ftruck or rung, as noted in the 

 diagram by the chime figure 8, and then one hollow 

 found publi fries the fir ft, or ek pubur din or r&t> as this 

 may happen, and for which confult the plate. In one 

 gjouree, or 24 of our minutes, after this, the fame rei- 

 teration takes place; but here flops, at the feventh or 

 meridional gjouree, and is then followed with its gujur,. 

 or chime of 15 ; of which 8 are for the firft watch, 

 I 7 for the fecond, or do pubur, now proclaimed by 

 two full diftinct founds. We next proceed with 7 

 more gjjureees y exactly noting them as before, and 

 ringing the Pujur of 22 ftrokes, after the feventh 

 gjouree, or teen pubur, alfo known by three loud 

 founds. The fourth pubur has, like the firft, 8 gjourees, 

 and differs in no other refpect than having a gujur of 

 30 after the equatorial gjouree has been ftruck, the 

 whole being clofed by four loud blows on the gjouree, 

 al for cb::r pubur din or rat ; the repetition being the 

 iame day and night during the equinoctial periods, 

 which I have here given merely as an example more 

 eafy for the fcholar's comprehcnfion at firft than the 

 reft. e extreme gujurs may be properly termed the 



evening and morning bell, and, in fact, the word 

 feems much restricted to thefe, as pubur alone is more 



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