112 A Sup2)lement to the Six Reports [No. 33, 



YI. — A Sup2j!emcnt to the Six licports on Maclcenzie Manu- 

 scripts ( heretofore printed in the Madras Journal of Litera- 

 ture and Science) by the Rev. William Taylor. 



INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 



Causes beyond my control prevented the publication of some 

 of tlie Reports on my Analysis of Mackenzie manuscripts, till 

 long after tliey had been sent in ; and the preparation of fol- 

 lowing matter consequently hngered in my hands : it being 

 by no means certain that the documents were acceptable. At 

 length a remaining portion of the sixth Report was called for ; 

 and was published. As I had made it known that further 

 materials remained behind, I was induced to have these oc- 

 pied ; and, as so much as pertained to Tamil documents only, 

 seemed sufficient for one paper, I have made up this supple- 

 ment from them alone. There still remains some other por- 

 tions relative to other languages. 



It has always been my wish to see the whole in print, and 

 then to form a summary having reference to the printed pages ; 

 to which summary some general conclusions might be attach- 

 ed. Translations of papers, or parts of papers in the most valu- 

 able portions would be a very fitting close of the entire analy- 

 sis. And this plan I had contemplated in the shape of a dis- 

 tinct publication. Experience however has taught me that it 

 could not be undertaken without heavy loss. The cost of pub- 

 lishing in this country is greater than in Europe ; the getting 

 up usually inferior; and as few copies can be printed, the 

 price of each copy is necessarily high, and few persons choose 

 to subscribe or purchase. To labor long and painfully, and 

 to find pecuniary loss a result is not agreeable. Hence I pre- 

 fer to place this supplement, as one more step of progress, at 

 the disposal of the Editor of the Madras Journal^ &c. ; and if 

 permitted to work out my plan to the close it may be well. If 

 not I shall have done as much as adverse circumstances would 

 permit. The absurd condemnation of the Mackenzie manu- 

 scripts, by superficial contempt, I regret. They contain some 

 matters of value which, once lost, cannot be retrieved. . 



