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world, founded on facred and infallible authority. Someattempts have been made by learned men, particularlyby 1 YL Bailly , in a very ingenious diflertation on thatfubjedt, to bring the chronology of the Hindoos to accordfomewhat better with, that of the Old Teftament; but, asI could not explain the principles upon which he foundshis conclufions , without entering into long and intricatedifeufllons foreign from the fubject of this Diflertation,and as I cannot aflent to fome of his opinions, I fliallreft fatisfied with referring to his Aftron. Indienne, Difc.Prelim, p. lxxvii. and leave my readers to judge forthemfelves. 1 am happy to obferve that a Memoir on theChronology of the Hindoos will be publifhed in the SecondVolume of the Tranfadtions of the Society of Bengal,and I hope that fome learned member of that body willbe able , from his acquaintance with the languages andhiftory of the country , to throw light upon a fubjedlwhich its connexion with religion and fcience rendersextremely interefting. From one circumftance, however,which merits attention, we may conclude, that the infor-mation which we have hitherto received concerning thechronology of the Hindoos is very incorrect. We have,as far as I know , only five original accounts of thedifferent Jogues or eras of the Hindoos. The fi ft isgiven by M. Roger, who received it from the Brahminson the Coromandel coaft. According to it, the SutteeJogue is a period of one million feven hundred andtwenty-eight thoufand years ; the Tirtah Jogue is onemillion two hundred and ninety - fix thoufand years; theDwapaar .Jogue is eight hundred and fixty-four thoufand.The duration of the Collee Jogue he does not fpecify.Porte Ouverte, p. 179. The next is that of M. Bernier,who received it from the Brahmins of Benares. Accordingto him, the duration of the Suttee Jogue was two mil-lion five hundred thoufand years ; that of the TirtahJogue one million two hundred thoufand years; that ofthe Dwapaar Jogue is eight hundred and fixty-four thoufand