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find my own opinion confirmed by an intelligent observer, that 
“ to whatever country of Europe the traveller directs his steps, he 
meets with people ready to give him information, and proud to 
display their knowledge; in Asia the reverse occurs; the natives are 
difficult of access, averse to strangers, and reserved in their man- 
ners: slaves to their own customs, they hold those of other nations 
in contempt. Ever desirous to preserve their own dignity, they 
are too apt to consider the unstudied manners and familiarity of 
the English, as marks of disrespect; and will never conceive we 
dare to conduct ourselves in like manner to our own superiors/’ 
Since my return to Europe, the researches into Asiatic history, 
the investigation of oriental manners and customs, and especially 
an inquiry into the moral and religious system of the Hindoos, 
have engaged general attention: much valuable information has 
been given to the public within these few years, by those who 
made their observations in Hindostan, or by literati, who derived 
their knowledge from physical and philosophical studies at home; 
who have compared the transactions of remote ages, with the 
occurrences of the present day; and from tire stores of sacred and 
profane history, have produced such documents and proofs in 
favour of the former, as must satisfy every candid and unpreju- 
diced mind. I shall therefore close this subject with some inte- 
resting extracts from recent publications ; and especially from 
Butler’s Horse Biblicse, and the Bamptonian lectures at Oxford, by 
Mr. Carwithen, on a view of the Bra h mini cal religion, in its con- 
firmation of the truth of the sacred history, and its influence on 
the moral character. From these sources I can illustrate and finish 
my own general character of the Hindoos with satisfaction; the 
