XXII INTRODUCTION, 
that he was not unwilling to part with on reason- 
able terms, they accordingly made him an offer, 
and the agreement was concluded for the sum of 
^£700 ; and all that was valuable of the Sloanean 
Collection having been incorporated with this 
ample accession, the whole, with the addition of 
what Mr. Cracherode's bequest has since sup- 
plied, was, even before the subsequent addition 
of the Greville collection, considered as 5 though 
not a splendid, yet a very copious and useful mi- 
neralogical Repository. 
All those who are conversant with Oriental 
Literature, must be well acquainted with the 
distinguished merits of the Editor of the Gentoo 
Code of Laws in that branch of erudition, and 
be aware that a collection of Indian Works, 
made by such a man, cannot but be an object of 
intrinsic value. Accordingly, the Trustees having 
received intelligence that the Oriental Library 
of Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, Esq,, might be 
obtained at a reasonable price, did not hesitate 
to make the acquisition; and, in the year 179S, 
obtained the whole of it for the sum of ^550. 
It consists of ninety-three volumes, fourteen of 
which are in the Shanskrit language, and the rest 
chiefly Persian : and to these have been added 
twenty-six volumes recently purchased of the Exe- 
cutors 
