l6z QUESTIONS AND REMARKS ON 



Sir W. Jones gives us reason, I think, to hope 

 that this will be executed by Mr. Davis; and the 



specimen which that gentleman has exhibited, leaves 

 as little reason to doubt of his abilities to translate the 

 work accurately, as of the great value of the original : 

 I have therefore only to express a wish, that if there 

 be any diagrams in the Surya Siddhdtita, they may be 

 carefully preserved. 



IV. 

 Wo uld not a Catalogue Raisonnc, containing an 

 emimeration, and a short account of the Sanscrit 

 looks on Indian Astronomy, be a work highly in- 

 teresting and useful? 



V. 



Might not an actual examination of the heavens, 

 in company with a Hindu Astronomer, to ascertain 

 ell the stars and constellations, for which there 

 are names in Sanscrit, prove a most valuable addi- 

 tion to our knowledge of Indian Astronomy? 



Let me here take the liberty of reminding the 

 President of his promise to make such an examina- 

 tion ; by which the mistakes concerning the Indian 

 Zodiac, some of which he has already pointed out, 

 may be decisively corrected. 



VI. Man 



