Sir William Jones embarked for the East in April, 1783. It is impossible not to sympathise with the feelings of a scholar about to visit places over which his studies had thrown the charm of a mysterious interest; to explore treasures that had rested as yet in darkness to European eyes; and to approach the imagined cradle of human science and art. During his voyage he made the following memoranda of objects for his inquiry, and of works to be begun or executed during his residence in Asia. 1. The laws of the Hindus and Mahommedans. 2. The History of the Ancient World. 3. Proofs and Illustrations of Scripture. 4. Traditions concerning the Deluge, &c. 5. Modern Politics, and Geography of Hindustan. 6. Best Mode of Governing Bengal. 7. Arithmetic and Geometry, and Mixed Sciences of the Asiatics. 8. Medicine, Chemistry, Surgery, and Anatomy, of the Indians. 9. Natural Productions of India. 10. Poetry, Rhetoric, and Morality of Asia 11. Music of the Eastern Nations. 12. The Shi-King, or 300 Chinese Odes. 13. The best Accounts of Thibet and Cashmir. 14. Trade, Manufactures, Agriculture, and Commerce of India. 15. Mogul Constitution contained in the Defteri Alemghiri, and Ayein Acbari. 16. Mahratta Constitution. * * * * * To print and publish the Gospel of St. Luke, in Arabic. To publish Law Tracts, in Persian or Arabic. To print and publish the Psalms of David, in Persian Verse. To compose, if God grant me life, 1. Elements of the Laws of England. Model--the Essay on Bailment. Aristotle. 2. The History of the American War. Model--Thucydides and Polybius. 3. Britain Discovered, an Heroic Poem on the Constitution of England. Machinery. Hindu Gods. Model--Homer. 4. Speeches, Political and Forensic. Model--Demosthenes. 5. Dialogues, Philosophical and Historical. Model--Plato. 6. Letters. Model--Demosthenes and Plato. In the course of the voyage the vessel touched at Madeira; and in ten weeks after quitting Cape Verd Islands arrived at that of Hinzuan or Joanna, of which he has left a very lively and pleasing description. In September he landed at Calcutta; and before the conclusion of the year, entered on the performance of his judicial function, and delivered his first charge to the grand jury, on the opening of the sessions. This address was such as not to disappoint the high expectations that had been formed of him before his arrival.