MEIUOJR OF 
Literary Snrii^ty Imve Aullcitetl tliat I Hhoultl take 
that iiLstituiiuii under tlii* prtttection uf grx^emment, 
I tru^t tlmt by miiling our effurts with tliose of the 
A«Laiie Society in B«n;^.il| very oonHiderable light 
may be e.bort1y throvvii on science and gt^tiural know- 
ledge. The numerous remaiiiis of Brahminical struc- 
turess in every part of the island, prove heyoncl a 
duubi, that a t olony of Hindus (settled on this inland 
about tbi'! first cuntury of the Christian era ; ami 
tlie luateriaU of whicli they are coiiKtrucied, induce 
tlie Imlii.'f ihat tliis culojiy must have t*niiEfrated from 
die Corouiiindel coast. The beauty and purity of 
these htructure^ are entirely dive^iet] of that redun- 
daticy of awkward and uncouth ornamentRarul Bym- 
bols wliu-li are found in India." 11 is time was thas 
constantly uccupied eitJier in ollicial enipioymenta or 
lilemry researehes. In the latter he was sjssisted by 
the taltTits of Dr Horafield, and logetber they ac- 
complished one of the most important measures for 
pronmtiug their researches,— ^tlie re-establitihinent of 
the L^ocieiy of Arts at Batavia, of which Mr Raffles 
was appointed president. This had been the first 
Effl*;tern Literary Society established by Europeanif, 
and under biii fostering care it revived) aud was of 
much conwequence to the history of thesie countries, 
(luring the few short years which they remained 
under the sway of tlie British arms, and the superin- 
tendence of an active aiid enliL^iitened goveinor. 
A short notice of the rise of a society of such 
consequence in the East, and so intimately connect- 
