THE 



MADRAS JOURNAL 



OF 



LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. 



PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES 



OF THE 



MADEAS LITEEARY SOCIETY 



AND 



AUXILIARY OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



EDITED BY THE 

 COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY. 



VOL, XV. 

 1849. 



M A I>R A S : 



FEINTED BY KEITBEN" TWIGG, AT THE CIIKISTI/IN KIN'OWLEDGE 

 society's PRESS, YEPEEY ; 

 AND PUBLISHED BY J. P. BANTLEMAN, AT THE COLLEGE, 



MDCCCXLIX, 



