TO THE

Directors of the London Missionary Society;

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MISSIONARY BRETHREN IN FOREIGN LANDS;

TO THE

MINISTERS AND CHURCHES AT HOME;

AND TO THE

FRIENDS OF EDUCATION;

THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

BY THEIR FRIEND AND SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.

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BRITISH INDIA

IN ITS RELATION TO THE

DECLINE OF HINDOOISM,

AND THE

PROGRESS OF CHRISTIANITY:

CONTAINING REMARKS ON THE

Manners, Customs, and Literature of the People;

ON THE

EFFECTS WHICH IDOLATRY HAS PRODUCED;

ON THE SUPPORT WHICH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS AFFORDED TO
THEIR SUPERSTITIONS;

ON EDUCATION, AND THE MEDIUM THROUGH WHICH IT
SHOULD BE GIVEN.

LONDON: JOHN SNOW, 35, PATERNOSTER ROW.

1839.

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