152 Section of a Hill in Cuttaclc. [Feb. 



The most ancient grammatical work extant for the Tibetan language 

 is that made by " Sambota" in the seventh century. Its Tibetan name 

 is : " Lung-du- ston-pa-sum-chu-pa" and " r, Tag s-kyi-P Jug-pa" or 

 grammatical introduction in thirty slokas, and the adding of the cha- 

 racteristic letters (for the formation of the several cases of nouns, &c.) 



Both these treatises are very short, making not more than three or 

 four small leaves. They give little information, and are interesting only 

 on account of the grammatical terms. But there are now many com- 

 mentaries on this original text, composed by the authors, whose names 

 here follow, as : Dvu-pa-6Lo ^sal, Lo-ch'hen-Nam-Mkhah-rgya-Mts'ho, 

 sNar-thang-lo-tsa-Sangha-Shri, Yar-^brog-pa-rin-ch'hen-tog, c?ge-ye-va- 

 ts'hul-k'hrims-Senge, Pan-ch'hen-g-ser-mdog-chan-pa, e?pah-vo-gtsug- 

 lag H,p'hreng-va, Zur-Mk'har-va-5Lo-gros-rgyal-po, Rab-/ibyams-smra- 

 va-eh'hos-rgyal, Hol-pa-rab-Abyams, Sman-lung-pa-6Lo-moh'hogrdo-rje, 

 Zha-lu-lo-tsa-va-ch'hos-skyong-Bzang-po, Yha-lu-pa-ch'hos-legs, Byams- 

 i>-Ling-Bsod-nams-rnam-r,gyal, Kun-mk'-hy en-go-ram-pa. (These two 

 last have commented only the " Sum-Stchu-pa." ) Zag-lung-ch'hos-rje, 

 Rab-Abyans-pa-jam-gral, K'ha-rag-sprul-sku, Drung-yig-Ajam-Dvyangs, 

 (these have written answers to some proposed questions respecting 

 grammar). Pan-ch'hen-dkon-Mch'hog-ch,hos-grags, (he wrote in the 

 seventeenth century, under this title ; " Legs-Bshad-snang byed' 

 norbu" on sixty-four leaves.) 



Situ, or Zdom-bu-pa of Derghe in Kham-yul, wrote in the last 

 century, on eighty-six leaves. The title of his grammar is : " mk'ftas- 

 pahi-mgul-rgyan-mu-tig-pJweng-mdses" (a beautiful necklace of pearls 

 for a neck ornament of the learned). 



There are yet several other grammatical works on the language of 



Tibet. 



A. Cs. 



VI. Section of a Hill in Cuttaclc supposed to be likely to contain 



Coal By M. Kittoe, Esq. 

 [In a letter addressed to J. McClelland, Esq. Secretary Coal Committee.] 

 I have the pleasure to forward a sketch (section) of a hill called 

 " Newraj" where I had expected to find coal, but have been unsuccess- 

 ful ; the hill, however, presents such striking features, that I deem it 

 worthy the notice of a geologist, and address you accordingly. I have 

 forwarded specimens [a list of which is hereto annexed] to the Secre- 

 tary of the Asiatic Society, who will deliver them to you for examina- 

 tion, after which I request the favour of your informing me whether or 

 not coal is likely to be found beneath the very black slate, (marked K) ? 



