r§3li.] Observations on the value of the cipher, S^c. 369 



the original materials are to be transmitted to us, to be 

 deposited in our Oriental museum. In the meantime, 

 we wish to indemnify him for the disbursements he has 

 made in procuring this collection of materials, trusting 

 that it will not amount to any large sum ; and we de- 

 sire that he will state to us an account of it, which, from 

 his character, we are persuaded will be correctly done ; 

 but not to suspend all payment till the arrival of such 

 an account, we permit you, on receipt of the present let- 

 t^rj to make him a reasonable advance on this score. 

 (Signed) D. HILL, 



Head Assistant to Chief Secretary. 



Jan. 27, 1817. 



VI. — Observations on the value of the cipher and on 

 the mode of computing the time of the Moon^s rising 

 and setting. — By Go day Vencat Juggarow. 



To the Editor of the Madras Journal of 



Literature and Science, 



Sir, 



I am not fond of writing ; but being on the eve of my 

 return to Vizagapatam, my native country, I am unwil- 

 ling to leave Madras without once more occupying a few 

 pages of your Journal. I am far from attaching any 

 importance to my former contributions; I must not 

 therefore be suspected of mistaking your motive in dis- 

 tinguishing them as you have done ; I am contrariwise 

 well aware, that they are indebted for the honor which 

 has been conferred upon them, to your disposition to 

 encourage such attempts in your Hindoo fellow subjects, 

 rather than to any merit which they can pretend to. In 

 the present state of letters in this part of India, any 

 literary production from a Hindoo will be considered a 

 curiosity, and must as such at least be acceptable to the 

 conductors of periodicals like yours ; to which, from the 



