} 839-3 Asiatic Society. 689 



An adult specimen of Artonyx from Assam where they are common, presented 

 by Captain Jenkins, and the more valuable as that in the Museum appears to be a 

 young ungrown animal." 



Oriental Publications, Antiquities, 8$c. 



Read a letter from J. Mum, Esq. recommending to the Society to procure a copy 

 of the Pseudo-Vedas, composed by the Romish Missionaries on the Coromandel Coast. 



Seharunpoor, August i3th, 1839. 



My Dear Sir, — I last year wrote to Mr. Prinsep and the Rev. Professor Malan, 

 former Secretaries to the Asiatic Society on the subject of the Pseudo-Vedas, 

 composed by the Romish Missionaries on the Coromandel Coast, in the hope that 

 steps might be taken by the Asiatic Society to procure from Madras or elsewhere a 

 manuscript copy of the work, for their own library. I now take the liberty of addressing 

 you on the same subject, and of offering the sum of 25 Rupees towards the purchase 

 or transcription of the manuscript, if the Asiatic Society of Bengal see fit to adopt any 

 measures for this purpose. 



The Society has already admitted into the 14th volume of its Researches a Disserta- 

 tion on the subject of these Pseudo-Vedas, and the literary interest attaching to them, 

 is, I think, sufficient to justify this application to the Society, to take steps for 

 rendering them accessible to its members. It seems, at the same time, to be desirable 

 that the reasonings of the Romish Missionaries on the subject of their discussions 

 with learned Hindoos should be brought within the reach, and made available for the 

 use of those who are labouring to promote the same cause at the present day, 



I remain, My dear Sir, 



Yours faithfully, 



J. C. C. Sutherland, Esq. } J. MUIR. 



Secy. As. Soc. Bengal, §c. §c. $ 



Resolved — That the Secretary be requested to address the Rev. Dr. Wilson of 

 Bombay, soliciting his aid in obtaining a copy of the work. 

 Read a letter from L. Wilkinson, Esq. urging the printing of the Siddhants. 

 To W. B. O'Shaughnessy, Esq. 

 Officiating Secretary to the Asiatic Society, Calcutta. 



Sir, — I have the pleasure to forward to you by Dawk Bhanghy four copies of a 

 very admirable little disquisition on Caste, by a learned Boodhist of olden times, 

 who exposes the weakness of the arguments on which the institution rests, in a most 

 irresistible manner. I beg you will be so good as to present one copy in my name to 

 the Society, and accept another for yourself. 



The other two I beg you will present to any gentlemen most interested in exposing 

 the evils of the institution. They will no where find arguments of a like cogency to 

 a native's apprehension. They will do well therefore in studying the work. 



I shall be very much obliged to you if you will let me know what your Society 

 thought of my proposition for printing the Siddhants, the Gruhun Laghuvu with 

 Mullaris Teeka, and the ReJcha Gunit. Since I wrote to you I have been favoured 

 by some friend unknown to me, with a copy of the Beeja Gunit or Algebra of 

 Bhascur Acharyu printed at Calcutta, thus only three instead of four works remain io 

 be printed. I lately submitted a proposal to Government and also to the Agra 

 School Book Society to the like effect, as I did through you to the Asiatic 



