Excerpt from The Works of the Rev. Claudius Buchanan, LL. D: Comprising His Christian Researches in Asia, With Notices of the Translation of the Scriptures Into the Oriental Languages, His Memoir on the Expediency of an Ecclesiastical Establishment for British India The College was founded on the 4th of May, 1800. After it had flourished for almost seven years, during which period it produced nearly one hundred volumes in Oriental literaturefi the Court of Directors resolved on reducing its establishment within narrower limits on the let of January, 1807. In consequence of this measure the translations of the Scriptures and some other literary works were suspended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.