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researches. Every one who has made acquaintance, however super¬ 
ficially, with the principal religions of civilized Asia knows that 
Budhism was excluded by Brahmanism, and in a war, which endured 
for ages and desolated great regions, was exterminated by the Brah- 
ininical worshipers. It is thus highly important for science to en¬ 
quire how the two religions, without destroying each other, subsist 
peaceably under the same government, are governed according to the 
same laws, and have known to remain free from Mahamadan supre¬ 
macy. For if we supposed a hostile relation between the professors 
of the two Indian religions on Belli, the Mahamadans would undoubt¬ 
edly have made use of this animosity in order to carry through their 
schemes of conquest, as they have done in all the neighbouring is¬ 
lands. 
Already therefore, viewed by itself, is this phenomenon of the 
highest importance; but it acquires still greater value from the con¬ 
clusions which may be drawn from it for Java, where each sort 
(Buddhism with Brahmanism) had existed, and where in earlier ages 
the Hindu religion attained such a high grade of civilization that the 
evidences of it which the magnificent ruins in trachite, and the ex¬ 
cellent old writings, present, justly fill us with wonder and surprise. 
Two meritorious men who have so much forwarded the study of 
this Archipelago in general, have also furnished to the European 
public the first scientific accounts of Bali. Raffles and Craw fur d 
were on that island, and have communicated to us all that they them¬ 
selves saw, or heard from others, concerning the land, people, religion, 
language and literature. But however excellent their labours were, 
we know they can yet in no single particular be considered as satis¬ 
factory. We cannot however accord sufficient gratitude to Raffles, , 
who was almost unacquainted with the languages of the Archipelago, 
for the unwearied diligence and care with which he collected materials 
for a knowledge of them. We recognize in Crawford’s paper on 
Hinduism on Bali (As. Reser. Vol 13. p. 128 and 199, Calcutta 
1820, Indian Archipelago Vol. 2.) the endeavours of a scholar, 
proceeding to explore a new field of research cautiously but with 
great strides, and to seek truth without prejudice or regard for opi- 
