THE 



MADRAS JOURNAL 



OF 



LITERATURE AND SCIENCE, 



PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES 

 OF THE 



MADRAS LITERARY SOCIETY 



AND 



AUXILIARY OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



EDITED BY 



ROBERT COLE, Esq. 



MADRAS MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT, 



AND 



C. p. BROWN, Esq. 



MADRAS CIVIL SERVICE t 



SECRETARIES TO THE ASIATIC DEPARTMENT OF THE SOCIETY. 



VOL. XT. 



January— June 1840. 



MADRAS: 

 PRINTED AT THE ATHEN^UM PRESS, 

 EY J. B. PHAROAH, AND PUBLISHRD BY J. P. BANTLEMAN, 

 AT THE COLLEGE. 



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