THE 



MADRAS JOURNAL 



OF 



LITERATURE AND SCIENCE, 



PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES 

 OF THE 



MADRAS LITERARY SOCIETY 



AND 



AUXILIARY or THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



EDITED BY 



ROBERT COLE, Esq. 



MADHAS MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT, 



AND 



C. P. BROWN, Esq. 



MADRAS CIVIL SERVICE : 



SECRETARIES TO THE ASIATIC DEPARTMENT OP THE SOCIETY. 



VOL. XIL 



• - y July — December 1840. 



MADRAS: 



PRINTED AT THE ATHEN^UM PRESS, 

 Br J. B. PHAEOAH, AND PUBLISHED BY J. P. BANTLEMAIT, 

 AT THE COLLEGE. 



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