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the very same publication by the Bishop of Victoria, to which 

 Dr. Todd had alluded. It would be seen from the following 

 extract of this letter that Captain Broughton, in that distant 

 land, still remembered the Academy : — 



" Hong Kong, 19th January, 1852. 



" I have a pamphlet for you which you may consider a 

 curiosity. You may not have heard of the discovery in China of 

 a sect of Jews, quite in the interior, 700 miles from the coast. 

 They were found at a place called K'ae-fung-foo, last year, 

 by two Chinese missionaries, who brought back with them 

 six Rolls of the Law, each containing a complete copy of the 

 Pentateuch, which are written on thick sheep-skins, sewed to- 

 gether. The account of their journey and discoveries was 

 published. I shall take an early opportunity of sending you 

 one, which, when done with, I beg you will present to the 

 Academy. It will be accompanied with fac-similes of the 

 MSS., copied by the Chinese, who ai*e very expert at such 

 work. They have outlived their language, while they retain 

 to the full extent their exclusive caste and habits. Not a sin- 

 gle individual could read the Hebrew books. They had been 

 without a rabbi for fifty years, which may account, in addition 

 to their poverty and destitute state at present, for their hav- 

 ing parted with the rolls so easily. By the kindness of the 

 the Bishop here, I have been able to obtain the pamphlet, 

 journey, and fac-similes, and I shall send them to you by the 

 first safe hand." 



The thanks of the Academy were voted to Captain Brough- 

 ton. 



Sir William R. Hamilton made some remarks on continued 

 Fractions, and on their connexion with Quaternions, but de- 

 sired to reserve a fuller account of his views for a future meet- 

 ing of the Academy. 



