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[• 12 | exhibiting the different objects in a more conspicuous point of view; has equally induced and enabled me to extend my remarks on the subject, beyond the limits I had either first proposed, or deemed at all necessary. Mr. Buchanan having in the form of an analytical survey, separately commented on each obnoxious point of his subject; I have therefore judged it necessary to follow the same course, in my humble attempt to remove from the public mind, the injurious impressions which his strictures are obviously calculated to produce; by representing the Hindoo character in a state of moral degradation, neither supported by just reasoning, sanctioned by veracity, or manifested by a faithful and enlarged view of the facts, which are honoured with his notice. That reasoning, and those facts, the reader will duly appreciate, on a perusal of my observations, detailed in the second Portion of this Pamphlet. Those observations, I accordingly venture to commit to the candid consideration and indulgence of the public.—They are a tribute of gratitude to a people whose character,'conduct, and manners, as' far as they have come under my