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and to adjust the spellings to the ordinary written forms 

 would have been a step which Professor Smith himself 

 clearly did not propose. Where the forms are in virtual 

 agreement with those in other sources (e.g. Lane, Doughty, 

 Jaussen) they have been left. In some cases, however, 

 the misprints were unintelligible, and it was necessary 

 to resort to emendation. I have to express my indebted 

 ness to Professor A. A. Bevan for some valuable correc 

 tions, but am myself responsible for any obvious errors 

 that still remain uncorrected.&quot; 



Mr. Cook s assistance was not limited to Section V., 

 and the editors are grateful to him for helpful advice and 

 suggestions on points of Oriental scholarship arising 

 throughout the volume. 



J. S. B. 

 G. W. CH. 



April 24, 1912. 



