88 Graham Saiidiaerg — Note to Mr. Gait's paper on Ahom Coins. [June, 



and assistance ; also to Mr. Bremnei^ of the Wazirabad and Lyallpur 

 Railway. These gentlemen all take an intelligent interest in the history 

 of the district through Avhich their Canal and Railway pass. 



Lalla Ram Surup, Sub- Overseer, did the work I set him well. 

 There was not much for him to do, as the absence of antiquities ren- 

 dered the survey of the place almost unnecessary. He made the 

 accompanying map (Plate VI) from his survey. On it are shown 

 the different points to which I have drawn attention. 



The Secretary read the following letter : — 



Sabathu : Punjab. 



May %hth, 1896. 

 The Editor : Journal, Asiatic Society of Bengal, Part J. 

 Sir, 



With reference to your note to Mr. Gait's paper on Ahom 

 coins, in which you set forth the series employed in Tibet and Mongolia 

 for compiling the Kalendar, I hope you will forgive a few remarks in 

 the interests of accuracy. I would point out that the names of the mem- 

 bers of each series in the Mongol language are by no means correctly 

 given in your revision of Hue's list. In fact Hue's version has the 

 spelling much nearer to original Mongol than that which you substiiiute 

 on the authority of Dr. Waddell. 



Denary Series. — The Mongol for "Wood" is Modon, usually 

 pronounced Modo ; Hue gives Moto ; your list Mod. "Fire " is always 

 Gal; Hnc gives Gal; your list Kal. " Earth " is Shiroge, usually 

 pronounced Shire; Hue gives Ghere (ie., Shere); your list Shnra. 

 "Iron" is Te-milr ; Hue gives Te-mur ; your list T'u-led. (N.B. 

 There is no such letter as t' in Mongol). Finally, "Water " is Usttn, 

 sounded JJsti ; Hue gives JJssu ; your list Osit. 



Duodenary Series. — The Mongol for "Mouse" is Khulughdna, 

 sounded in North Mongolia Kulguna and in the South Hidghdna ; 

 Hue gives Khouloukhana {i.e., the literary form almost exactly); your 

 list Hul-kan. " Tiger " is Bars ; Hue gives Bara ; your list Par (N. B. 

 There is no letter "P" in Mongol). "Hare" is Tolai : Hue gives 

 Tole ; your list T'us-lus which is an impossible orthography in Mongol. 

 " Dragon " is Lu ; Hue gives Lou ; your list Lwu ! " Fowl " is Takiya, 

 sounded Tahja ; Hue gives Taliia ; your list Ta-Tca. " Dog " is Nokhai 

 and " Pig " is Khdkhai ; Hue giving Nokhe and Khakhe ; 3'our list 

 No-has and Ka-has. 



Confirmation of the above-stated readings may be found in the 

 works of Bobrovnikov, Castreu, and I, J. Schmidt. 



