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>f Bengal. [N.S., XII, 



unfit for the search of manuscripts and had to be dismissed in 

 the beginning of April. I was more fortunate with the third 

 man I employed, Ujala Rama Dayala, a Sindhayaca Carana, 

 whose services were at last found satisfactory. 



The places explored by the travelling man are the tollow- 

 ina •— Phalodhi and environs (January 2nd— 21st), Balarwa 

 (January 24th— 31st), Pali town and villages in the district 

 (February 17th— April 5th), Bhandiyawas and environs (April 

 13th— 20th), Phalodhi town (April 22nd— 23rd), Godhwar pro- 

 vince (April 27th- May 31st), Sojhat town and villages in the 

 district (June 2nd— 24th), Phalodhi district (July 10th— Sep- 

 tember 1st). From all the above-mentioned places, impres- 

 sions of inscriptions were brought and bardic manuscripts bor- 

 rowed The last two months of September and October were 

 spent by the travelling man solely in returning the manu- 

 scripts borrowed during the preceding eight months, except for a 

 visit to Sitamau and Semalkher, in Malwa (October 19th— 

 28th) the object of which was to collect information concern- 

 ing the life and epoch of Khiriyo Jago, the author of the Vacam- 

 ka, whose descendants live there. 



The places explored by myself in connection with tne 

 search for manuscripts and inscription, are the following:— 

 Rani, Sadri and Ranakpur (January 7th-llth) ; Ghanghana 

 and Jhanwar (January 30th), Phalodhi, Kolu, Jalora (Februarv 

 21st— 24th), Pali (March 29th— 31st). Outside Marwar, 1 

 visited the following places, all in connection with the new ar- 

 rangements which it became necessary to try to make after the 

 Jodhpur disappointment :-Abu (April 8th-12th), Ajmer, 

 Udaipur, Jaipur (May 30th-June 6th), Bikaner (November 

 8th— 11th). During the visit to Jaipur, manuscripts of bardic 



interest were also purchased. . 



As a result of the search, a collection has been made oi 

 1 29 impressions of inscriptions, and 100 manuscripts, of which lb 

 received, 16 purchased, and 68 copied in my office under my 

 supervision. The manuscripts received and purchased are 

 all original, except 7 which are modern copies, and they make 

 a total of 32 manuscripts, which include not less than w 

 different works. The manuscripts copied in my office contam 

 only one work each. The following is a list of all the 1W 

 manuscripts collected, in which R is used to mean " Received, 

 P " Purchased/' and O " Copied." 



Manuscripts Received 



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