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Life and Writings of Father Bescld. 



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one discovered by my friend Lieut. Wyndbam, at Koolkunfla and 

 Digaye, between Muktul and Gulberga, I regret that severe illness 

 prevented my exiimining these strata as minutely as I wished, and 

 from procuring more satisfactory specimens than those I sent the 

 Society, which are utterly insufficient for the purposes of classification. 

 In both siiua'ions the shell lime8tone occurred at the southern edge 

 of tlie great overlying trap formation of the Deccan, and considerably 

 indurated; often passing into chert. 



20. — An account of tlie rooks and deposits in the locality near Hin^ 

 goli, in whii-h the fos'^iis lately discovered there occur. It is stated 

 to have been found in the common dark coloured soil, but most pro- 

 bably hbs been transported there from some fossiliferous bed in the 

 \icinity. 



21. — Description of the magnesite bed in the vicinity of Hoonsoor, 

 in Mysore. 



22. — Farther observations on the laterite overlying the basalt, amyg- 

 daloid and vvacke of the great trap formation of the Deccan. 



V.--/4 Brief Sletch of the Life and Writings of Father C. J. Beschi or 

 ViRAMAMiJNi, translated from the original Tamil. — By A. Mottusami 

 PiLLEi, Manager (f the College of Fort St. George and Moonshee 

 to the Tamil translator to Government. 



Preface. 



[The following sketch of the life of Father Beschi has been made 

 from my original Tamil work, at the desire of Walter Elliot, Esq. to whom 

 lam also indebted for many useful suggestions and hints regarding 

 the matter of the work. I also feel graiefnl to the very Rev. Mr. 

 P. E. Moriarty for his kindness in correcting a portion of the transla- 

 tion, and likewise to the Rev. Mr. W. Kell^^, for much assistance of the 

 same description.] 



Translation. 



In 1822, at the ins'nnoe of Mr. Benjamin Guy Babingfon, and under 

 the direction of Mr, Richard Clarke, I undertook to prepare a brief 

 history of Father Besehi's life. Mr. Clarke is eminently skilled in 

 both the dialects of the Tamil language, and was justly admired as 

 one of the most distinguished ornaments of the Board of the Madras 



