276 TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [VOL. IV. 



" Analysis of No. I. 



katame, promise, agreement, pledge, vow. 



gozari masu, I have, there is (Aston's Grammar, 174). 



tsush-igo, from tsuchi, earth, and ga, genitive particle. 



tsugo, all. 



biitsic, to strike, bitshi, a soldier. 



kisafuki, from kisoi, to excel. Most Jap. verbs now ending in oi and ai are 



abbreviations of older forms in of 11 and afu: the final -^/ is the 



attributive termination. 



go, following names of places, is the genitive ^'w. 

 mito or viido, now mikado, honourable door, king — emperor. 

 futa or buta, now fttiatsu, 2 : the tsu is generally omitted. 

 ki, sometimes maki, Japanese vtomochi, hundred. The short form is 



the Yeniseian ki, kike, kise. 

 2 fii : the numeral 2 is expressed by the two lines = , and the following 



fu is an abbreviation of the old word for 20, now halachi, which 



was probablyy"«tof///. 

 Buda go ; the latter word is a post-position, after, behind. 



"Archaeological Survey of India, Vol. III., PI. XV., No. 20, and p. 35. 



" Analysis of No. II. 



line I. kumi-wa, now kumi-au, joined together in one company, qualifying niabui 



which is not modern Japanese. A nun is ama, and ambtt is quiet' 



peaceful, happy. The word occurs in several inscriptions in 



India and Siberia, and denotes a monk. 

 hiromeku, adjective or participial form of hirome, to spread, publish, 



proclaim, governing Budha. 

 tama, abbreviation of ato-me, successor. 



anoko, compound of ano, that, and ho, place, meaning, that there. 

 atsufiishi, form of atsui, thick large, great, liberal. Final i after a vowel 



generally stands for an ancient y^^ 

 magetsu, adjective form of magai, imitation, wagaye-ru, to imitate. 

 hime, now simply hi, a monument : me, a common suffix, as in ato-me, 



successor, kake-me, weight. 

 "WO, particle specifying the direct object of the sentence, hime-mire, to see- 

 fui ochi ; fui seems to be the old form of ho in ho-dai, at libei'ty, and to 



have the same meaning : ochi, like the Basque titzi, means to leave, 

 tashi-bun ; tasshi-gaki is a government proclamation, and bun ox fumi, 



which takes the place of kaki or gaki, has the same meaning, 



writing. 

 tsuku, now tsukeru, to affix ; tsukti is the neuter form. 



line 2. Sibir, a country, perhaps Cabul. 



ma/i( ketaru, now katarai, converse together ; tnafu, a humble word for 

 ifu, to say, denoting the subordinate position of Diodotus. 



tori-wima, inversion of hima or Jima-dori, to delay, literally, take leisure. 



Wata-tami, the Hakhdi or Bactrian tami, people. 



Doidota, the Sanscrit Devadatta and Greek Diodotus. 



ga, the genitive post-position. 



wabi, peaceful ; see Asoka inscription. 



Kitsutichi, a north-western people, the Khasas. 



mito, king, now mikado. 



