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®F the Hindu method of intercalating the lunar month M. Bailly con- 

 ceived aright idea from what P. du Champ had faid on the fubject ; but 

 he has omitted to mention a curious circumfiance confequent to it, which 

 is, that fometimes there happen two intercalary months in the fame year > 

 or, to be more precife, two lunar months are named twice- over : thus, as 

 war, aclually the cafe in 1603 Sdca, there may be two lunar Afwinas. and two 

 Chaiiras ; but then fome one intervening month, as Agrahdyan, would be 

 omitted, becaufe the change of the moon would not happen at all during 

 the folar month of that name. During the prefent pofition of the fun's 

 a-pfis, this cFche (cfhaya?) or difcarded month is limited to Agrahdyan, Paufh 

 or Mdgh, thofe being the three fhorteft folar months; and, by the Hindu 

 computation,, the difcarded month will again fall on Agrahdyan in ij^, k 



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