40 . ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Sinhalese MSS., &c.—k. collection of over 1000 MSS., 

 chiefly in Sinhalese, but also including very many works in. 

 Pali, Pali-Sinhalese, Sanskrit-Sinhalese, &c. These MSS. 

 were originally collected in Ceylon by the late Hugh Nevill, 

 Esq. Many of them are of exceptional age, as compared with 

 the MS. usually found in South Indian libraries ; many of 

 them are rare and valuable works of literature ; and as a 

 whole the collection is admirably representative of Sinhalese 

 literature in its various aspects, comprising works on history,, 

 grammar, philosophy, religion, science, medicine, and fine 

 arts, as well as a large number of rare popular folk-tales, 

 ballads, and hymns used in the unorthodox rites of devil- 

 wors hip. 



Tibetan MS. — 1. Glang ru lung bstan pa, the Tibetan 

 version of the lost Sanskrit text called Gosringa-vyakarana- 

 sutra ; forming part of the Kanjur or Tibetan canon of 

 Buddhist scripture. 



Robert K. Douglas. 



