I. 



THE TENTH- 

 ANNIVERSARY DISCOURSE, 



DELIVERED ^8 FEBRUARY, I793, 



BY THE PRESIDENT, 

 ON ASIATIC HISTORY, 



CIVIL AND NATURAL. 



OEFORE our entrance, Gentlemen, into the Dis* 

 -*-* quisition promised at the close of my ninth An- 

 nual Discourse, on the particular advantages which 

 may be derived from our concurrent researches in 

 Asia, it seems necessary to fix, with precision, the 

 sense in which we mean to speak of advantage or uti- 

 lity. Now, as we have described the Rvq Asiatic 

 regions on their largest scale, and have expanded our 

 conceptions in proportion to the magnitude of that 

 wide field, we should use those words, which com- 

 prehend the fruit of all our inquiries, in their most 

 extensive acceptation ; including not only the solid 

 conveniences and comforts of social life, but its ele- 

 gances and innocent pleasures, and even the gratifi- 

 cation 



