THE 



MADRAS JOURNAL 



OP 



LITERATURE AND SCIENCE, 



PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES 

 ■ OF THE 



MADRAS LITERARY SOCIETY 



AND 



AUXILIARY OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



EDITED BY 



ROBERT COLE, Esq. 



MADE,A.S MEDICAL EST.lBLISHMEXT, 



AND 



C. p. BROWN, Esq. 



MADRAS CIVIL SERVICE, 



SECRETARIES TO THE ASIATIC DEPARTMENT OF THE SOCIETY, 



VOL. IX. 

 January^ June 1839. 



MADRAS: 



PRINTED AT THE ATHENiEUM PRESS, 

 BY J. B. THAROAH, AND rUBLlSHED BX J. P. BANTLEMAN, 

 AT THE COLLEGE. 



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