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                                                                  Exhibit 14(a)

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

   
We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Additional 
Information-Independent Auditors" and "Experts" in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1
to the Registration Statement on Form N-14 under the Securities Act of 1933
(File No. 333-61277) and under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (File No.
811-8327) of Merrill Lynch Global Growth Fund, Inc. and to the incorporation by
reference therein of our report dated September 8, 1997, with respect to the
statement of assets and liabilities of Merrill Lynch Global Growth Fund, Inc. as
of September 5, 1997.
    


                                                        /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Princeton, New Jersey
   
September 18, 1998