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Rh they are too far away removed from India to study the subjeetsubject [sic] on the spot. It, therefore, devolves on the South Indian native scholars themsevesthemselves [sic] to take up this study and advance its cause, and thus justify the hope and confidence reposed in them by Dr. Caldwell

Things, however, are a little encouraging just at present. There is, here and there, a scholar who is working on this problem at odd moments, but this work does not seem to be well planned out or coordinated with the work of other scholars in the field. An attempt was made fifteen years ago by the Madras University to encourage Dravidian philological research by the appointment of readers but it proved unsuccesful. It is encouraging, however, to find that the University has not lost hope of resuscitating interest in this direction as evidenced by the establishment of the