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friend, and covered his remains with a splendid pall of gold bro- 

 cade. On the establishment of the Native Hospital at Madias, id 

 1799> under the immediate care of Mr. Underwood, senior, this 

 benevolent sovereign sent two thousand pagodas, about eight 

 hundred pounds sterling, to assist the institution. 



Letter from Surfojee, Rajah ofTaiijtfre, to John Underwood, Esq. at 



Fort St. George. 



" I received your letter some time ago; the contents 

 of it have yielded me inexpressible pleasure. The box and the 

 book alluded to in the letter have likewise been safely received. 



*' The human body, of which the origin appears to have been 

 wrought by the Supreme Being himself, the frame of which is sup- 

 posed to have afforded satisfaction even to its Maker, has been the 

 chief object of my long imitation and inquiry. The books with 

 which I have been conversant have spread before me but a faint 

 light upon this topic; hence I need not say, that the preparation 

 ■which you have sent to me, has afforded me the greatest pleasure, 

 especially as I have long been desirous to see one of this kind: the 

 receiving it so unexpectedly from you has redoubled my satisfac- 

 tion. Upon examining every part of it, I found the muscles to be 

 well preserved, and it is worthy of the inspection of every lover of 

 philosophy. 



" The book of anatomy which you have been so obliging as to 

 send me, is also well calculated for the students to profit by. I 

 request you will accept of my thousand thanks for the trouble you 



