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ORIGIN OF THE SINHALESE LANGUAGE. 



very strong and irresistible testimony which the Pali has borne 

 in favor of its relation to the Sinhalese, I believe I have a right 

 to expect that the same English Jury will give their verdict in 

 my favor; and that they will, without retiring from the jury- 

 box, pronounce that ' The Sinhalese is a Sanskritic, North- 

 Indian,— -not A DRAVIDIAN — DIALECT. 



