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mud and sand being interposed between each layer as well as 

 smeared all over it. One cone is placed under the starboard bulge 

 forward, and another under the same bulge aft, a third and a fourth 

 correspond in position on the larboard side ; thus the four solid 

 cones of rope support the ship. She is now gradually lowered by 

 withdrawing from the base of each cone simultaneously a coil or 

 fake, by which the four cones bodily subside, and the vessel along 

 with them, resting as she does upon them. It might be conjec- 

 tured that by removing the lower coil the superstructure would 

 tumble down, but this is obviated by the solidity of the mass, each 

 layer consisting of a solid flat coil of rope one circle round with- 

 in another. 



V. An Essay on Early Relations of Continental India with 

 Sumatra, and Java. By Rev. W. Taylor, Missionary. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The originating cause of the ensuing essay may best ap- 

 pear by prefixing copy of a letter, written by me several years 

 ago while engaged in the inquiry : which letter from some 

 motive, not now remembered, was not sent, as was intended. 

 The essay itself, in an unfinished state, has been long by me : 

 if I remember aright since 1836, when I had leisure for such 

 inquiries. It is now elicited by a local, and immediate cause ; 

 and, with all its faults, is submitted to the indulgence of the 

 reader. The letter is the following one : 



" Dear Sir, 



" Allow me to thank you for the Literary Notice of the 

 Madras Journal and Science; and through your means to 

 tender my acknowledgments to Delta for his queries and sug- 

 gestions relative to the Yavanas, the Padaisi (or Padaioi) of 

 Herodotus, and the term Saribu or Sariba. 



" As regards the Yavanas it would have been an additional 

 favor had the names of learned Brahmans, or something defi- 

 nite, concerning ancient Hindu Manuscripts been given. In 

 case such definite information should be wanting, it is put to 



