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scarcely ever visited by the natives. I recollect par- 

 ticularly, that R agon ath Row, when at Bombay, did 

 not at all hold them in any degree of veneration. 



I flatter myself that you, Sir, will agree with me in 

 thinking the accompanying Memoir deserving of be- 

 ing inserted in our proceedings. 



Mr. Goldlngham acquaints me, that he has paid 

 two visits to some curious remains of antiquity, about 

 thirty-five miles southerly of Madras, commonly- 

 known by the name of the Seven Pagodas. Ke promises 

 to transmit to me his remarks on these curiosities, with 

 copies of the inscriptions, which are in characters un- 

 known to the people of the district. He declares 

 himself highly ambitious of the favor of being admit- 

 ted into our Society ; and I shall be much gratified 

 \x\ being instrumental to his obtaining that favour, 

 from a conviction that he will greatly add to our 

 ptock of information, and prove an useful member. 



I cannot conclude an address to you, Sir, as the 

 worthy successor of the gentleman who lately pre- 

 sided over our Society with so much credit to himself 

 and benefit to the public, without adverting to the 

 memory of Sir William Jones, whose universal 

 science and ardent zeal for diffusing knowledge, I 

 have had so many occasious to admire during the 

 course of an acquaintance of twenty-five years. 

 I have the honour to be, with the greatest respect, 



Dear Sir, 

 Your most faithful and most obedient servant, 



J. CARNAC. 

 Calcutta, 

 Wkjidy % 1795. 



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