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The fourteenth Lecture is merely a recapitulation of the whole . In addition to theseLectures we are presented with a variety of-eharges , and other Masonic pieces , most of which belong to other authors , thougn this is not intimated in the Work . A very elegant oration on Masonry pronounced in 1773 at laying the f oundation stone of Rookby Bridge , on the river Tees , by Mr . Hutchinson , is inserted in this edition ; but many parts of h are in the exact words of the :
preceding Lectures , of which , indeed , it appears to be an abridgement . We here take leave of this publication , recommending it to all our Masonic readers , particularly to every young brother , not only on account of the charitable view which it is designed to promote , but on account of the valuable information which it contains . Indian Antiquities ; or Dissertations relative to the ancient Geographical Divisions ,
the pure System of Primeval Theology , the grand Code of Civil Laws , the Original Form of Government , the widely extended Commerce , and the various and profound Literature of Hindustan ; compared throughout with the Reli g ion , Lavas , Government , Commerce , and Literature of Persia , Egypt , and Greece , The whale intended as introductory to ., and illustrative of the History of Hindos-¦ Ian . Vol . VI . Part I . Zvo . Richardson . THIS is another valuable volume from the industrious pen of the
ingenious and learned Mr . Maurice , and will be found not at all inferior to those which preceded it . This part contains two dissertations ; one on the Ori gin of the Druids , and the other on the ancient Commerce of Hindostan . Mr . Maurice falls in with the opinion of some other very learned men of this country , that there is a striking affinity between the religious rites and ceremonies anciently practised in the British Islands and those of the
Brahmins of the East . This dissertation is divided into three parts ; the first inquires into the geographical connection between India and the Northern Empires of Europe , and the similarity between their primeval languages . The second considers some peculiar customs of those different countries ; and here we find the following curious account of the origin cf making fools on the first of A p ril , j ' During the Hullwhen mirth and festivity reign among Hindoos of every
, class , one subject of diversion is to send people on errands and expeditions that are to end in disappointments , and raise a laugh at the expence of the person sent . The Hull is always in March , and the last dayh the general holiday . I have never yet heard any account of the origin of this English custom , but it is unquestionably very ancient , and is still kept up even in great towns , though less in them than in the country : with us , it is chiefly confined to the lower class of people ; but in India , high and low join in it , and the late
Sitraja Dovala , I am told , was very fond of making Hull fools , though he was a Mussulman of the highest rank . They carry the joke here so far , as to send letters , making appointments in the name of persons , who , it is known , must be absent from their houses at the time fixed upon , and the laugh is always in proportion to the trouble given . ' In the third section we find our learned author giving into some notions which appear fancifulif notindeed , extravagant . He is of opinion that the
, , magnet was known to the ancient Romans by the name of Lapis Iieraclius , and he asserts that it has been used from time immemorial by' the wandering . Arabs , to direct their progress over their vast and trackless deserts . The following description of the learning of the Druids is elegant : ' What sciences , in particular , flourished among'the Druids besides astro , nomy , which they seem to have carried to a wonderful perfection , for thos ;
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Review Of New Publications.
The fourteenth Lecture is merely a recapitulation of the whole . In addition to theseLectures we are presented with a variety of-eharges , and other Masonic pieces , most of which belong to other authors , thougn this is not intimated in the Work . A very elegant oration on Masonry pronounced in 1773 at laying the f oundation stone of Rookby Bridge , on the river Tees , by Mr . Hutchinson , is inserted in this edition ; but many parts of h are in the exact words of the :
preceding Lectures , of which , indeed , it appears to be an abridgement . We here take leave of this publication , recommending it to all our Masonic readers , particularly to every young brother , not only on account of the charitable view which it is designed to promote , but on account of the valuable information which it contains . Indian Antiquities ; or Dissertations relative to the ancient Geographical Divisions ,
the pure System of Primeval Theology , the grand Code of Civil Laws , the Original Form of Government , the widely extended Commerce , and the various and profound Literature of Hindustan ; compared throughout with the Reli g ion , Lavas , Government , Commerce , and Literature of Persia , Egypt , and Greece , The whale intended as introductory to ., and illustrative of the History of Hindos-¦ Ian . Vol . VI . Part I . Zvo . Richardson . THIS is another valuable volume from the industrious pen of the
ingenious and learned Mr . Maurice , and will be found not at all inferior to those which preceded it . This part contains two dissertations ; one on the Ori gin of the Druids , and the other on the ancient Commerce of Hindostan . Mr . Maurice falls in with the opinion of some other very learned men of this country , that there is a striking affinity between the religious rites and ceremonies anciently practised in the British Islands and those of the
Brahmins of the East . This dissertation is divided into three parts ; the first inquires into the geographical connection between India and the Northern Empires of Europe , and the similarity between their primeval languages . The second considers some peculiar customs of those different countries ; and here we find the following curious account of the origin cf making fools on the first of A p ril , j ' During the Hullwhen mirth and festivity reign among Hindoos of every
, class , one subject of diversion is to send people on errands and expeditions that are to end in disappointments , and raise a laugh at the expence of the person sent . The Hull is always in March , and the last dayh the general holiday . I have never yet heard any account of the origin of this English custom , but it is unquestionably very ancient , and is still kept up even in great towns , though less in them than in the country : with us , it is chiefly confined to the lower class of people ; but in India , high and low join in it , and the late
Sitraja Dovala , I am told , was very fond of making Hull fools , though he was a Mussulman of the highest rank . They carry the joke here so far , as to send letters , making appointments in the name of persons , who , it is known , must be absent from their houses at the time fixed upon , and the laugh is always in proportion to the trouble given . ' In the third section we find our learned author giving into some notions which appear fancifulif notindeed , extravagant . He is of opinion that the
, , magnet was known to the ancient Romans by the name of Lapis Iieraclius , and he asserts that it has been used from time immemorial by' the wandering . Arabs , to direct their progress over their vast and trackless deserts . The following description of the learning of the Druids is elegant : ' What sciences , in particular , flourished among'the Druids besides astro , nomy , which they seem to have carried to a wonderful perfection , for thos ;