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ration of the letters; 4th, cryptic or imaginative forms. Under the first head may be reckoned the writings of Angil, Banga, Kalinga, &c., and these probably imply certain then existing and current foring of writing. The second includes the Devas, Khasiyas, Húnas, Kinnaras, Daradas, &c., but there is nothing to show that some of the tribes named, such as tho Khasiyas, the Daradas, and the Nágas, ever had any writing current among them. The Garudas and Mahoragas or mythical beings. No information is „vailable to show the character of the other two heads; a good many of them are probably l'anciful.
6. All sucraments are impermanent, p. 184. The attempt here is to indicate iinportant specilie doginas by their initial letters. All the dogmas referred to are not known to me, and it is not worth while to attempt their explanation. We have here the archetype of the politi. cal alphabets which are now-a-days so often published as squils. In the Chinese version a practical turn is given to the clogmatic terms, by inakiny then illustrations of the sounds of the letters. Thus "liy sounding the letter 'M' pronounce it as in the word "anitya." "The Tibetan versio:1, in common with the southern oncs, ornits this part of the text.
7. Came to the school-room, p. 185. The Chinese version adds to the instrnetion in writing and letters an account of the appointment of a separate teacher for instruction in martial accomplishment. (Beal, p 50)
