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" Praise be unto God! Akber, the exalted monarch of our own 

 times, is endowed with such laudable dispositions, that it is no 

 exaggeration to say he surpasses all the sages of antiquity. From 

 the light of wisdom he discovers all ranks of men; and by the 

 rectitude of his conduct, he adds splendour to his understanding, 

 by the performance of laudable actions. Who is it that is able to 

 measure the extent of his virtues ? They are not only beyond 

 expression, but even exceed conception. It it better that I make 

 not the attempt, but point out a few intelligible wonders, by setting 

 forth his regulations for the household, for the ordering of the 

 army, and for the prosperity of the kingdom; upon which three 

 things depends the glory of a monarch; hereby preparing a rich 

 gift for the intelligent, who seek after knowledge." 



So highly respected was Akber among the Hindoos, who wish 

 to appropriate every thing to themselves, that in Wilford's Essays, 

 we find they insist that Akber was a Hindoo, in a former gene- 

 ration. The proximity of the time in which this famous emperor 

 lived, has forced them, however, to account for this in the follow- 

 ing manner. There was a holy brahmin, who wished very much 

 to become emperor of India; and the only practicable way for 

 him was to die first, and be born again. For this purpose he made 

 a desperate tapasya, wishing to remember then every thing he 

 knew in his present generation. This could not be fully granted, 

 but he was indulged with writing on a brass plate a tew things 

 which he wished more particularly to remember; then he was 

 directed to bury the plate, and promised that he would recollect 

 the place in the next generation. Mucunda, for that was his 

 name, went to Allahabad, buried the plate, and then burned him- 



