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Rh It having been ascertained, chiefly through the researches of the indefatigable scholar alluded to, that the language of the inscriptions is a dialect of the Semitic family, it is to be hoped that the oldest Syriac MSS. will be sought out and examined, wherein many traditions are preserved of the Babylonian and Assyrian dynasties, which may tend to corroborate the results of modern investigation.