204 T. W. H. Tolbort— History of the Portuguese in India. [No. 3, 
Museum purchased from the library of the late Lord Stuart de Rothesay 
the diplomatic correspondence and papers of Sehastiao Joze Carvalho e Mel- 
lo (Portuguese Ambassador at London and Vienna, and subsequently known 
as the Marquis de Pombal) from 1738 to 1747, including sixty volumes 
relating to the history of the Portuguese possessions in India and Brazil 
during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Amongst "the latter are forty 
volumes of despatches relative to India entitled Collegam Authentiea cte 
todas as leys, Pegimentos , Alvards e mais ordens que se expediram para a 
India , desde o establecimento destas conguistas. Ordenada por proviram de 
28 de Marco de 1754. Mss. Brit. Mus., Nos. 20,861 to 20,900.” 
The “ Archivo” is so far defective that it only gives the outward de¬ 
spatches and letters from Lisbon to Goa together with other documents issued 
in India. It does not give despatches from Goa to Lisbon, which would be 
of yet greater value to the student of Indian History. I cannot gather 
from Sr. Rivara’s preface to the third fasciculus where these are, nor does he 
expressly state that the early “ Livros das Mon 9 oens” are lost beyond re¬ 
covery. Perhaps the introduction to his first fasciculus, which I have not 
been able to obtain, throws some light on these points. This much is certain. 
The Torre do Tombo and other libraries at Lisbon contain a number of 
valuable records of both the 16th and the 17th century, though it would 
seem from the preface to “ Gaspar Correa” that they are not valued as they 
deserve to be. I must add that Sr. Rivara’s “ Archivo,” though richer towards 
the end, contains a great many documents belonging to the early part of the 
16th century. The early “ Livros das Mo^oens” have been lost, but 
there were other early records which Sr. Rivara by publication has saved 
from a similar fate. 
Many articles of historical and antiquarian value have been published 
in the “ Boletim do Governo,” the “ Government Gazette” of Portuguese 
India. Among those of recent numbers may be enumerated the “ Capitu- 
los de um livro inedito,” containing information as to ecclesiastical matters 
in the 47tli century, and a series of Treaties of the same period. Many similar 
articles are scattered through back numbers of the Boletim, including, I be¬ 
lieve, an account of the records by Sr. Felippe Neri Xavier. I hope Sr. 
Rivara, under whose auspices the majority have been published, will collect 
and republish these papers in a separate form. It is much to have saved 
ancient records from destruction, but the service to History will be enhanced 
by republication. Papers are not readily accessible when scattered through 
the old files of a Gazette. 
I may mention here that Sr. Rivara in addition to the numerous publica¬ 
tions above referred to, is the author or editor of several other important works 
more or less connected with our present subject; among these an historical 
essay on the Concan, or dialect, of Goa ; a dictionary and grammar of the same ; 
