152 A STUDY OF THE MANUSCRirT TROANO. 



case. Commencing' with the upper extreme left-hand character, let us 



complete it (as the lower part — the loop — appears to be imperfect) thus: 



(j5jj). Tills will make the whole character the same as the third and 

 fourth to the right in the same line. The order in wliich they are to he 

 taken I presume is as follows: First, the upper line over one figure, from 

 left to right, then the next line below in the same order; next, the group 

 over the next figure in the same way; and so on, counting the groups from 

 left to right. 



We observe that the lower left-hand character of the first or left-hand 

 group is the head of a bird, and also that a bird is in the figure below; that 

 the lower rightdiand compound character also contains a distorted head, 



