CHAPTER VII. 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE PORTUGUEZE, ARMENIANS, AND 
OTHER INHABITANTS OF BOMBAY: 
WITH A VIEW OF THE BRAHMINICAL RELIGION, 
IN ITS CONFIRMATION OF THE TRUTH OF THE SACRED HISTORY? 
AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE MORAL CHARACTER. 
No hypothesis can be lightly esteemed,, which has for its object the confirmation of revealed 
truth; nor can the philosophy of that man ever be useless., which brings him nearer to God; 
which either strengthens his faith, or animates his piety. It has for its reward what is far more 
valuable than the praise of men ; that reward which shall remain when tongues shall cease, and 
knowledge shall vanish; which indeed can only receive its full accomplishment when our pre- 
sent limited attainments shall be ripened into perfection, when hope shall be recompensed by 
enjoyment, and when our capacities shall be fitted for the comprehension of infinite truth. 
Carwithem, 
