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lony from any one of thofe nations, or any ofthofe na- 

 tions from them, we may fairly conclude that they all 

 proceeded from fome central country? to inveftigate 

 which will be the objeft; of my future Difcourfes; and 

 I have a fanguine hope that your collections, during 

 theprefent year, will bring to light many ufeful disco- 

 veries; although the departure for Europe of a very 

 ingenious member, who flrft opened the ineftimable 

 mine of Sanfcrit literature, will often deprive us of ac- 

 curate and folid information concerning the languages 

 and antiquities of India. 



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