330 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (September, 1912. 
The second is a deed of Jaya Prakas Malla Deva, Prince of 
Katmandu, dated 862, of the Nepal era, dark half of the moon, 
or November 10th, 1740. Both these were engraved on copper 
plates, and are grants of houses, gardens and wells, made in 
perpetuity to the Capuchin Fathers. I myself placed the ori- 
ginals in our Museo delle Missioni in the Capuchin Convent of 
Via Buon Compagni, Rome. 
he third is a writ by King Jaya Ranagita Malla, King of 
Nepal (Badgao), and is a deed of freedom of conscience to the 
same Capuchin Fathers. The autograph is preserved in the 
me. 
Tibet, some retired to Nepal. Fr. Giuseppe Maria de’ Bernini 
went to Bettiah, where under the patronage of the King he 
opened a new mission, which still exists in a most flourishing 
condition. The original letter exists also in the Archives of 
the Propaganda, Rom 
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entered Lhasa on the 19th of June 1707 with his companion 
Fr. Joseph Francis de Tours and stayed there till 17122 He left 
om. . 
cs Horazio della Penna studied Tibetan at Lhasa for twenty-two 
ears, and Emil Schlagintweit in his Buddhism in Tibet 
ris ianity ; he translated into Tibetan a catechism of the 
Christian faith ; the Doctrina Christiana of Cardinal Bellarmini ; 
the thesaurus Doctrine Christiane of Torlot, and he also 
compiled a Tibetan-Italian dictionary.’? But, Gentlemen, the 
Propaganda Archives contain many other valuable and un- 
