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PREFACE.

As a dialogue almost of necessity precludes a systematic treatment of the opinions with which it is dealing, some synthetical account of the doctrines of the Brahmans may appear to be a desideratum in the present volume. It was, indeed, a part of my original design to have attempted something of the kind, until upon further thoughts I was induced to abandon this attempt. The complicated nature of the Indian systems prevents their being handled cursorily; and the translation of the Vishnu Purána, with the valuable notes attached to it, has rendered them no longer inaccessible to those who wish to see further into them. The references and quotations, and glossary, which are found in this volume, will, it is hoped, make it sufficiently in