4 Account or A Discovery or & 
composed by the author in French: for, as the object of itis undoubtedly 
that, stated by M. Sonnerar, namely to refute the doctrines of the 
Purdnas and to lead indirectly. to the introduction of Christianity, it was 
evident, that to attain this object, it must have been originally composed 
in one of the Indian dialects, - 
Ar the time this inference was drawn, I was not aware that there existed 
any means of verifying it, and it was chance that enabled me to-ascere 
tain that the original of this work still exists among the manuscripts in 
the possession: of the Catholic missionaries at Pondicherry, which are. 
understood to have originally belonged to. the society of Jesuits, Besides 
the Ezour Védam, there are, also, among these manuscripts, imitations 
of the other three Védas; each of these are in Sanscrit, in the Roman 
character, and in French, these languages being writtea on the-opposite 
pages of the manuscripts, to give them ihe- appearance. of originals-with 
translations annexed. . As the best way of proving. to.those competent to 
form an opinion onthe subject, what these works really are, Lshall, pre- 
viously to. noticing the-others, make:-an: extract from. the commencement 
of the ** Chamo, Bedo,” im both languages,. giving the. Sanscrit.as it 
appears in the work, and in its proper.erthography,.and I-shall then state 
the substance of each chapter of the five. books. into. which the. work. is 
divided, from the abstracts in the margin: of the manuscript. I- must 
premise, however, that the corrupt pronunciation cf the Sanscrié and 
the peculiar: mode of orthography, adopted by the author to express it, 
has made the reduction-of the Sanscrit to. its natural state, difficult and 
Mable.to error,. 
