“Allow me to offer my sincerest thanks for such generous conduct.—I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, (Sgd.) “Eszterházy.” Mr. Döbrentei’s letter to Mr. Prinsep is dated the 30th of September 1835, and, like the preceding, is extant among the papers in the Library of the Asiatic Society in Calcutta. Döbrentei states that Mr. Prinsep’s letter excited the greatest attention when its contents were made known to the meeting of the Literary Society at Pest, because there was no reliable news of Csoma since he wrote from Teheran to his friends at Nagy Enyed in 1820. Mr. Döbrentei expresses gratitude for the protection his countryman enjoyed in India, and mentions the willingness on the part of Hungarians to send pecuniary aid to him if required. CHAPTER X. Csoma asks for a passport in November 1835, enabling him to travel in Hindustan—Leaves Calcutta—His last letters to Mr. Prinsep—Return to Calcutta in 1837. We have noticed already that four and a half years had passed since his arrival in Calcutta, before the result of Csoma’s literary labours could be brought to completion and published. This done, he made fresh plans for the further prosecution of his studies. In answer to letters of Prince Eszterházy and of Mr. Döbrentei, he wrote in Latin, having made a spontaneous promise to Government, through Mr. Prinsep, to correspond with Europe in that language only; and in order to avoid every suspicion (remembering what had happened at Sabathú in 1825, which he had never forgotten), he sent all his letters open, to be forwarded by the secretary of the Asiatic Society to their destination. On the 30th of September 1835 Mr. Döbrentei wrote to Csoma as follows: “Be so good as to inform us, in all sincerity, whether it is your wish that a public subscription be opened on your behalf. This would at least give an opportunity to the Hungarian nation to provide in a suitable manner for one of her sons, who, for the sake of her ancient history, is sacrificing himself on such a thorny path.” Judging from Csoma’s ideas and general conduct in such matters, there can be no doubt that he declined to sanction Döbrentei’s proposal. On the 30th of November Csoma wrote to Mr. James Prinsep, asking for a passport from Government. His letter (now in the possession of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), so characteristic of the man, runs as follows:—