1844.] Ancient documents engraved on copper 8f c. 8fc. 115 



much appearance of fruit ; and the paucity of the result, 

 though matter of regret in itself, is yet of consequence to be 

 known, in estimating the Mackenzie Manuscripts : a most 

 valuable portion of which was supposed to be the Inscrip- 

 tions, or copies of Inscriptions, therein contained. 



Madras, 10th ) W. Taylor. 



August 1844. \ 



%* The work, herein reported, teat done in 1838. 



III. — -Translation and Analysis of the ancient documents en- 

 graved on copper in possession of the Syrian Christians and 

 Jews of Malabar. By the Rev. H. Gundert. 



As it does not seem that the Jewisli and Syrian documents 

 preserved in Cochin and Cottayam have been sufficiently 

 made use of for the purpose of elucidating the ancient history 

 of this coast, any endeavour to set their contents before the 

 learned public may surely command some attention. But 

 there is good reason to expect that the discovery of an intimate 

 connexion between the contents of the several documents 

 settling the doubts about the existence of Jewish and Christi- 

 an principalities in the Malayalam country will call forth a 

 new and more diligent investigation than has ever been be- 

 stowed on these valuable records. 



The Syrian tables for an insight and fac-simile of which I 

 am indebted to the kindness of the Rev. Mr. Baily at Cotta- 

 yam, are 



