7i; 



BENARES. 



Chap. IIJ. 



probably a Kranti-urit, or Azimuth circle.* Jey-Sing's 

 genius and love of science seem, according to Hunter, to 

 have descended to some of his family, who died early in 

 this century, when " Urania fled before the brazen-fronted 



3. BRASS AZIMUTH CIRCLE. 

 (DIAMETER 2 FEET.) 



Mars, and the best of the observatories, that of Oujein, was 

 turned into an arsenal and cannon foundry." 



The observatory is still the most interesting object in 



* Hunter, in As Soc. Researches, 177 (Calcutta) ; Sir R. Barker in Phil. Trans., 

 lxvii. 008 (1777) ; J. L. Williams, Phil. Trans., Ixxxiii. 45 (1793). 



