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 you heartily for the service which you have rendered to the literature of India by its preparation, and to my particular studies, in being good enough to present me with a copy of it.

Be sure that we expect with great impatience the continuation of your valuable Dictionary, honorable mention of which was made in several philosophical journals of the Continent.

Do Dated Paris, 12th, January 1847.

I have in my last letter expressed to you his (Monsr. Gorressio's) desire to carry with your name, your excellent Dictionary to Turin, the capital of one of the Italian kingdoms; your work will be the only one in Italy, which country will not then have to envy France and Germany, where your merit is already justly appreciated.

Our worthy friend Major Troyer, in a letter from Paris, 18th December says: "will you be so kind as to remember me kindly to my friend Raja Radhakant Deb, and to tell him that Monsr. Gorressio has received his Dictionary, and that the continuation of this most valuable work is anxiously expected by all the Sanscrit scholars; tell him, I beg you, that his Sabdakalpadruma shall be a "Namayasadruma."

''Do. Dated Paris 20th March'', 1859.

Your very valuable work, the Sabdakalpadruma, perpetually strikes my eyes among my books, and is often consulted by me. I congratulate you very