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'in the mean time (if at leifure) fhall be pleafed togive^ 
us. 
V, Part of a Letter from the Reverend 
Mr. George Lewis^ at Fort St. George ; to 
the Reverend Dr. Arthur Charletr5 and the 
late Dr. Edward Bernard i concerning fame 
Indian Manufcriptf^ lately fent- to the ^Jumer-- - 
fity of Oxford. 
Revere fid Sirsy 
IN purfuance to your joint Letter^ bsariog Date the 
3d of Julyy 1695* I have procured you (ome of the 
Manufcripts of thefe parts, wherein it hath been my 
Care to get fuch as were of good Note and Efteem 
among thcmfelves.They are in federal Languages and dif- 
ferent Charafters. The Names of the Particulars I fend 
you in a Note enclofed. If hereafter it ftiould be my 
Fortune to meet with any of their facred Books, as the 
Vedum^ Fedantum, Shaflrum or Porane ; I Ihal! take 
care to fend them when a Convenience offers. 
There comes by the King William Three Volumes of 
China Books, ftamped on Wood, which is their Tjmuch 
vaunted way of Printing. Theft are lent to Mr. Gilhert 
Dolhen by his Brother here : And Three fent to Dr. John 
^ Evam^ by a Friend come on the Madrafs Merchant, 
I prefume, they'll be all prefented to your UniverHry. 
Of thefe you may have what Quantity you (hall com- 
mand. Books being plentiful in China. 
Mfo 
