252 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVI, 
exploration so far carried out by me in Bikaner territory. 
Accordingly, I was given leave to proceed to Simla, and re- 
order to enable him to examine the results of the archxological 
t by me i 
General of Archeology for the purpose of giving me more 
facilities for the exploration of the Bikaner territory and the 
preparation of a descriptive list of the antiquarian remains 
found therein, was the creation of a post of draftsman-photo- 
Survey. The post, however, could not be filled during the 
year as the Government’s sanction of it was not known until 
late in December. . 
A difficulty under which I continued to labour throughout 
the year, was the old one: the want of a competent assistant. 
my request, the Jodhpur Darbar to lend us the services of 
Baratha Kisora Dana temporarily for two or three months, but 
when a reply at last came towards the end of September, this 
reply was a flat refusal. 
disa illness in September. Seeing that for one reason 
qualified man for the search of bardic manuscripts, but in 
the case of the Bikaner district where bardic manuscripts are 
almost as rare as waterfalls, this qualification is not one of 
much importance. 
The rotographical apparatus which, as mentioned in the 
last year’s report,! I had arranged to acquire for the photo- 
1 Journ, As, Soc. of Be., vol. XV (N.S.), 1919, p. 6. 
