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came from Orissa or Kalinga. I cannot get Mr. Stirling's Orissa. This 

 and the deficient pages of the Journal will be highly acceptable when 

 procureable." 



3. — Extract of a tetter from Capt. Kittoe 22d March, 

 " You express a wish to hear of my progress. I fear that I shall not 

 this season be able to collect much, or add to the information already 

 imparted ; in the first place, the season is too far advanced ; in the next, 

 being entirely dependent on my own personal exertions in ferret ting 

 out curiosities, which is a work of time and chance, progress must of 

 necessity be slow, particularly when I have so few hours daily available ; 

 however, I got two new inscriptions at Gaya, not of much moment, 

 and paved the way for further works ; many inscriptions are either 

 buried in rubbish or built into walls ; I had one taken out and placed 

 in a conspicuous position. I wish authority could be used where persua- 

 sion failed, towards having every one thus restored to view ; the ex- 

 pense would be very trifling, but the ignorant bigots fancy that we 

 have some extortion in view, and are searching for money. This idea, 

 though, appears to be vanishing. I have been for the past week 

 engaged at Poonah and Koorkihar ; at the former place I excavated 

 round the Buddha temple, took a correct drawing of the very ela- 

 borate north doorway and of several idols, a sketch of the entire 

 building and a ground plan. This occupied three days, together with 

 sundry excursions in search of sculptures, &c. I was four days at Koor- 

 kihar, and have dug out a and collected ten cart loads of idols, all Bud- 

 dhist, and many of the Tantrika period ; indeed I am inclined to think 

 that they all belong to the period just before the decline of the sect. All 

 the idols have the sentence, once or twice repeated, of " Ye Dharma 

 hetu probhava, &c." and most of them have the name of the persons 

 setting them up ; two mention the country from whence they came ; for 

 instance, Jessur (? Jessore), and Malaya (? Mullye) ; one mentions the 

 fact of the party having apostatized, and again returned to the worship 

 of Shakya, in the 19 th year of the reign of Sri Mahendra Pal Deva. 

 This raja is also mentioned in one of my Gonerria inscriptions on a 

 figure of Buddha also, — it is a name new to us ; it does not occur in the 

 Bengal list of Prinsep's tables. There are two blanks above Narrain 

 Pal Deva, therefore he may have belonged to one of them. I at first 



