APPENDIX. 



(JN tl^e institution of the Asiatick Society, it was 

 determined, 'hat, in pubhshing the Kesearches of the 

 Society, mere translations of considerable length should 

 not be admitted, except of such unpublished essays or 

 treatises as might be transmitted by native authors. 



In modification of this rule, it was agreed, at a meet- 

 ing held on 2d July, I806, that the Society do pub- 

 lish, from time to time, in volumes distinct from the 

 Asiatick Researches, translations of (hort works in the 

 ylsiatick languages, and extracts and descriptive accounts 

 of books of greater length, which may be offered to 

 the Society a^d appear deserving of pubUcation. 



As this publication may be expected gradually to ex- 

 tend to all Asiatick books, of which copies may be de- 

 posited in the library of the Society, and even to all 

 works extant in the languages of Asia, the series of 

 volumes will be entitled Bibliotheca Asiatica, or a de- 

 scriptive Catalogue oi Asiatick books with extracts and 

 translations. 



Of.irxtal scholars are invited to communicate to 

 the Society such translations and descriptive accounts 

 o^ Asiatick books, as they mfty be disposed to give to 

 the learned world through this channel of publication. 



