90 Account oF 4 DISCOVERY OF A 
French only without the Sanscrit.—lIt is a fair copy of the French part 
of some of the manuscripts hereafter mentioned. — 
No. 3. 
A sINGLE section quarto, entitled in French: © La Chaka du Rik et de 
“© Ezour Védam,” in Sanscrit and French. Many passages are un- 
translated, a corresponding blank being left in the French page. 
6 Rik Béder Chaka” is the Sanscrié title. It consists of dialogues between 
“ Poironavo,” as the teacher, and *’ Nagopo,”’ as the disciple. The 
subject of the first isthe origin of evil. Naropoat the commencement says: 
‘© Vous avez dit en parlant de la creation que Dieu crea d’abord un 
«¢ homme qui devait donner naissance au reste du genre humain, ee 
s¢ premier homme n’estant qu’un, il n’avait par consequence qu’une figure. 
© dou vient donc que ceux qui sont nés de lui sont de differentes figures 
« dou vient que les uns sont vertueux les autres pecheurs, voila que je ne 
** puis comprendre cette diificulté ne se trouve point dans le sisteme qui 
6¢ Pay suivi et que j’ay enseigné jusqu’ici.” 
Turs work is divided into four dialogues, each consisting of two chapters: 
in ihe former Naropo, who may be considered either as the Indian 
Sishya, or the Christian Neophyte, states the point of doctrine or the 
religious rite to be described, which in the latter, Porpotavo, the Indian 
Guru, or Christian priest; confutes. The abstracts at the end of each 
second chapter will shew the subject of each dialogue:—the first is 
“¢ iti-risi dokino chake kormo prodonnio baronon, proton oullacho,”’ 
