vi DESIDERATA. 



bourhood of Tibet and NapaJ, as delivered by Mr. 

 Blane and I'\ither Joseph de Ravato, in the 

 Philofophical Tranfadtions, vol. I- 77. 



6. Whether the Tobacco plant was known In -^fiaj 

 before the difcovery of America ; and whether the 

 edidls faid to have been publifhed by Aurungzebk, 

 againft the ufe of that plant, be authentic ? 



V. MEDICINE AND SURGERY, 



1. History of that peculiar inflammation of the 

 Schneiderian membrane, termed Nakra, with the 

 mode of treatment by the natives. 



2. History of inoculation for the Small-Pox, 

 among the Hindus. 



3. AxTiauiTY of the venereal difeafe in India, and 

 the knowledge which the ancient Hindu phyiicians 

 had of its cure. 



4. Their treatment of the Leprofy \ with fome 

 account of the different fpecies of that difeafe, which 

 are met with among the natives of India. 



5. How long have the natives poflefled the art of 

 couching for a catara(Sl:, and from what fource did 

 tliey obtain it ? 



VI. LANGUAGE, LITERATURE. 



1. How many dialecTts are there of the Hinduxvee^ 

 i. e. of languages conne6led with the Sanfcrii ; and in 

 Vv-hat parts of India were they, or are they fpoken ? 



1. What general term had the natives of India 

 before the Mujid7?ian invafion, to delignate what 

 we imply by the term Hindu ? 



3. To obtain as full a catalogue as poflible, of 

 books in the Sanfcrit and other Binduwee languages; 

 containing the following particulars, as far as they 

 can be afcertained, viz. the names of the authors, 

 the fubjc6ls, the dates, the age of the moft ancient 

 manufcript of each now known to exifl ; and the places^. 

 %i'here the books are now to be found. 



L At)IS. 



