THE 



MADEAS JOUKNAL 



OF 



LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. 



PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES 



OF THE 



MADRAS LITERARY SOCIETY 



AND 



AUXILIARY OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



EDITED BY THE 

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VOL. XIV. 

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PEINTED BY rvETJBEN TWIGG, AT THE CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE 

 society's PRESS, YEPERY ; 

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