▁was ▁sty led ▁agent ▁to ▁the ▁East ▁India ▁Company . ▁ ▁On ▁his ▁return ▁to ▁London ▁he ▁devoted ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁time ▁to ▁orient al ▁studies . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁pre faces ▁to ▁his ▁works , ▁ 1 6 8 6 ▁and ▁ 1 7 1 1 , ▁besides ▁travel s ▁he ▁speak s ▁of ▁what ▁he ▁calls ▁' my ▁favour ite ▁des ip i ,' ▁or ▁' Not es ▁upon ▁Pass ages ▁of ▁to ▁the ▁Holy ▁Script ures , ▁illustrated ▁by ▁Eastern ▁al ly ▁Custom s ▁and ▁Mann ers ,' ▁as ▁having ▁occupied ▁his ▁time ▁for ▁many ▁years . ▁ ▁He ▁did ▁not ▁live ▁after ▁to ▁publish ▁it , ▁and ▁after ▁his ▁death ▁the ▁manuscript ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁be ▁lost . ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁his ▁descend ants ▁advert ised ▁a ▁reward ▁of ▁twenty ▁gu ine as ▁for ▁it . ▁ ▁When ▁Thomas ▁Har mer ▁published ▁a ▁second ▁edition ▁of ▁his , ▁' Ob serv ations ▁on ▁divers ▁p iss ages ▁of ▁Script ure ,' ▁ 2 ▁vol s ., ▁London , ▁ 1 7 7 6 , ▁ 8 vo , ▁it ▁was ▁found ▁that ▁by ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁Sir ▁Philip ▁Mus gra ve , ▁a ▁desc endant ▁of ▁Ch ardin , ▁he ▁had ▁recovered ▁the ▁lost ▁manuscript ▁in ▁six ▁small ▁volumes , ▁and ▁had ▁incorpor ated ▁almost ▁all ▁of ▁them ▁in ▁his ▁work , ▁under ▁the ▁author ' s ▁name , ▁or ▁signed ▁' MS . ▁C ., ' ▁i . e . ▁manuscript ▁of ▁Ch ardin . ▁ ▁In ▁his