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sion of the late Major Latter, which was copied by the late 
Mr. Schroeter, a missionary belonging to the Church Mis- 
sionary Society. Mr. Schroeter was placed at Tantaliya, a 
expense supported by a generous subscription. The Dictionary 
was originally written in Jtalian, and has been partly translated 
into English by Mr. Marshman. Some few words, sg poe sre? 
ation ‘OF which was very ek are marked with a 
otwithstanding the merous imper ssh bi in this 
work,’’ reported Klaproth, ace we are greatly obliged to the 
editors who have undertaken its publication, because they had 
. overcome great difficulties. The greatest and hardest, with- 
t doubt, arose from the ignorance of the language of which 
tie published the Dictionary, and secondly, from the want of 
Tibetan types. Hence they were obliged to have these mould- 
ed . These mtn daferts would be of little importance, if 
on Dictionary had been more complete and better disposed. 
the Tibetans generally use in works of this kind. But the 
essential defect of the book is the want of a great number of 
necessary words, which is in no way compensated by a multi- 
tude of often useless phrases. Many essential words are found 
only in these phrases, and one searches in vain for them at 
their proper place. The explanations in English are partly too 
Sanskrit synonyms. We find at every moment the names of 
iva, Indra, Ouma, Vishnou, Krishna, Kartikra, etc., as 
explanations of Tibetan phrases, which appear to contain the 
titles and designations of diffe i manifestations of these 
divinities rather than their name 
The Tibetan-English Dicsonady published at Sains oi 
in 1826, under the name of Schroeter, was not his work. This 
German Missionary merely copied a t Major Barre Latter’ s house 
(ante 1820) a Tibetan-Italian Dictionary of which the Major * 

I found also another reference Pad this work in of 
William one D.D., by Eustache rey, London, NDGCOXNVI, 
pp. 550-1. Letter dated : asain, Sal 18, 1823, Dr. 
Ryland. ‘‘ I have Fae engaged to correct and publish the esas of 
the late Mr. Schroeter..... They sre of materials for 
and Dictionary of wl agin or Thibet tlanguage. The Gr ages I must 
write from the maé¢eria the interpretations of the words in the 
eae, being in the Fealtind maeone®: I shall have to translate.’ 
2N ourn. Asiat., op 
3 See Appendix. 
