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in Higher Asia, " the Hindoo religion probably spread over the 

 whole earth. There are signs of it in every northern country, and 

 in almost every system of worship. In England it is obvious; 

 Stonehenge is evidently one of the temples of Booim; and the 

 arithmetic, astronomy, astrology; the holidays, games, names of 

 the stars, and figures of the constellations; the ancient monuments, 

 laws, and coins; the languages of the different nations; bear the 

 strongest marks of the same original. The brahmins of the sect of 

 Brahma were the true authors of the Ptolemaic system ; the Bood- 

 hists, followers of Budha, the authors of the Copernican system, 

 as well as of the doctrine of attraction; and probably the esta- 

 blished religion of the Greeks, and the Eleusinian mysteries were 

 only varieties of the two different sects/' 



In whatever light the reputed sanctity of the trees at the Dhu- 

 boy durbar may be viewed in Europe, to me they were of oreat 

 advantage. Under their sacred shade the ordeal trials were per- 

 formed; the Hindoo witnesses examined ; and the criminals were 

 allowed a solemn pause, while wailing for their trial; a pause, per- 

 haps, doubly solemn and impressive, from standing under the 

 immediate emblem of the godhead. 



I generally kept minutes of the causes which came before 

 me, in case of reference or appeal. They were often trifling, 

 sometimes ludicrous. I shall insert two or three which occurred 

 in the same morning, as characteristic of the singular situation in 

 which I was placed. 



A certain blind man, well known in Dhuboy, died during my 

 residence there. Although deprived of one sense, he seemed to 

 enjoy the others in greater perfection; among various talents he 



