\S34.]Translation of an Eitractfrom Tohfet al AkbarridS 



the app ioation of the first po'ver is direct and unembarrassed with 

 the friction of machinery, all other things being equal. 



26. I know of one method only by which the common Bhowrie 

 and Pickotta might be made to perform more work in an equal time, 

 but as this paper is sufficiently long, I reserve for a future commu- 

 niciition what I may have to say on that point. 



M 4 D II A S , ) 



1st February, 1834. j MECHANICUS. 



Ul.—Tra}ishtw?i of an Extract from Tohfet a1 Akhar ; 

 or, a historic of the Rulers, Rajahs and Ja^hiredars of the 

 Caruatic, Bt/ an Officer of the Madras Army. 

 To The Secretary of 



the Madras Literary Society, 



Sir, 



I beg to fonvard you two literally translated extracts from a 

 Persian work in manusoript, written about the year 1821, intitied 

 the " Tohfet al Akbar," and which purports to be a history of the 

 Rulers, Rajahs, and Jaghiredirs of the Carnaric. These extracts 

 proft^ss to pourtray the characters of two eminent men, whose names 

 will live in the history of India, Sir Thomas Munro and Sir John 

 Malcolm — and, as genuine specimens of the persian literature of the 

 present day, and not without intrinsic merit, they may probably be 

 thoujjht worthy of insertion in the Madras Literary Journal. They 

 possess, however, much greater interest as exhibiting the unbiassed 

 sentiments of a native of India on the qualities and virtues of those 

 distinguished individuals, whose acts have hid such an influential 

 effect on the destinies of India, and the establishment of the Anglo- 

 Indian empire. These translations are from the pen of a young 

 Madras Officer, a friend of mine, now serving abroad, whose talents 

 and attainments as an orientalist are, I am happy to say, gradually 

 becoming appreciated. In furnishing them to me he has forbidden 

 my publishing them with his name, or I should have sent them to 

 you under it, and without this preface from myself. 



I have the honor to be, 

 Sir, 



Madras, "> Your very obedient Servant. 



nhJan. 1834. S GEO. NORTON. 



Mention of Colonel Thomas Munro, his habits and employments, 

 " This humblest of mortals, at a remote period when Colonel 



