2Q4 OBSERVATIONS ON TH£ SEIKS, &C. 



my eye, as it was a facred character. I find it differs 

 but little from the Dewnagur : the number, order, and 

 powers of the letters are exaftly the fame. The lan- 

 guage itfelf is a mixture of Perjian, Arabick, and fome 

 Shanfcrit, grafted upon the provincial dialed of Pun- 

 jab, which is a kind of ffindoovee, or, as it is vulgarly 

 called bv us, Moors. 



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