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monly ufed in the Eaft Indies ; with full 
Explanations of their refpective Mean- 
ings ; forming an ufeful Vade-mecum, ex- 
tremely ferviceable in. affifting Strangers 
to acquire, with Eafe and Quicknefs, the 
Language of that Country; by T. T. 
Rogergs, Lieutenant, &c. of the Vhird 
Regiment, of the Native Infantry, E. I.” 
The prefent publication, with fome few 
additions, appears to’ be copied from a 
work publithed fome years ago, entitled 
' $€ The Indian Vocabulary.” The com~ 
' piler of the prefent Gloffary, however, 
-adverts to a work publifhed on the fame 
plan by Mr. Hadley, which fell into his 
hands, and to which, perhaps, both per- 
fons are alike indebted. 
From the fubject of Oriental Litera- 
ture, which we are happy to fee has oc- 
cupied more room in our compendium 
than ufual,, we proceed to notice thofe 
works which have appeared relating to 
TOPOGRAPHY AND ANTIQUITIES, 
On which fubject we know of nothing 
more entitled to remark, than the valuable 
volume which brings to a conclufion 
**The Sepulchral Monuments of Great 
_Britain, by RicHarp GovuGuH, Esq.” 
This volume, indeed, is but the firft part 
of that which preceded it, containing 
its Preface, Introdu&tion, Index, &c. 
The Preface prefents the reader with an. 
account of the general ftate of Sepulchral 
Science, animadverting on the gradual im- 
provement of fepulchral ftatuary, paint- 
ing, and fculpture. The Introduction, 
to ule the author’s words, embraces a 
large field—the modes and rites of Sepul- 
ture in general, from the earlieft periods 
of hiftory, more particularly among the 
Greeks and Romans, to the Primitive 
Chriftians, deducing the feveral conformi- 
ties. Mr. Gough therefore, according to 
this plan, endeavours to deteét the pecu- 
liar rites and ceremonies of fepulture in 
the remoteft antiquity, and thence pro- 
ceeds to the fimpleft and the rudeft monu- 
ments which remain. Speaking of Bar- 
rows, which are common in America, as 
well as in every other quarter of the 
. globe, and the exiftence ot which, where- 
ever they have been found, has -ufually 
been confidered as evidence of a battle, 
Mr. Gough is of opinion with Mr, 
Douglas, that even if prefumptive, they 
cannot be confidered as proofs, to that 
effect; for our anceftors may be pre- 
fumed to have had cemeteries as well as 
ourfelves: Thefe colleétive modes of bu- 
rying, moreover, he obferves, are not 
peculiar to Chriftians, but have been an- 
nexed to temples in every age, by every 
oMonrTRLY Mas, No. 75, 
nation except the Jews, among whom it 
would have been an * of the higheft pol- 
lution. From the “f{ubject of barrows, 
Mr. Gough proceeds in gradation to tha 
confideration of tumuli of ftones, to . 
the praétice of burning the dead} which 
was introduced, it feems, among the 
Danes, by Odin, not long before the 
Chriftian zra, and thence to fepulchral 
cairns, or chelts of various conftruction, 
under barrows, and regular coffins of 
tone. Mr. Gough relates in a minute, 
yet interefting manner, many curious for- 
mularies of interment and funeral procef- 
fions: he then paffes on to fhrines, of which 
he has diftinguifhed two kinds, ‘ both 
equally made for receiving the reliques 
of faints, but with this difference, tha 
one was portable and ufed in proceffions, 
and the other fixed, being built of ftone, 
marble, and other ‘heavy materials.” 
From fepulture and its accompaniments, 
Mr. Gough proceeds to the minutiz of 
drefs and habit pourtrayed on ancient mo-= 
numents, and devotes a large and very in 
terefting portion of his introduétion to the 
epitaph, which hetraces to be coeval with 
the tombs themfelves. In fhort, the pree 
fent publication is, in all its parts, one 
of the moft curious antiquarian morceaux 
of which the public is in poffeffion. , It 
contains fifty-one plates, which are exe= 
cuted in a very neat manner by Mr. James 
Bafire; feveral of them from the draw- 
ings of Mr. Jacob Schnebbelie, an affo- 
ciate, whofe lofs Mr. Gough laments as 
irreparable in his favourite purfuits of an« 
tiquarian remark: ‘I take the warning, 
(fays he,) ina folemn and affecting man- 
ner—I retire from the pleafing tafk of 
immortalizing former generations—thofe 
who have gone before for centuries—to 
meditate on my own mortality!’ 
The Rev. Mr. Lysons has publithed 
«¢ An Hiftorical Account of thofe Parihes 
in the County of Middlefex, which are 
not defcribed in the Environs of London.” 
This fupplemental volume completes the 
Hiftory of the County, to which the au- 
thor was induced, from having in his 
former volumes comprifed a confiderable 
part of it, and from the confideration that 
no hiftory of it had heretofore been exe 
tant in a perfect form. This volume 
contains an hiftorical account of twenty- 
two parifhes, and is illuftrated by feven- 
teen elegant engravings, nine of which 
are appropriated to different views of the’ 
Palace of Hampton Court; the defcrip- 
tion of which, indeed, conftitutes a large 
and very interetting portion of the work. 
It is almoft uoneceflary te fay, that this 
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