368 Taking and preparing drawings for lithograph, [April, 



within, and above all things, never believe it when the inhabitants say 

 there are none, but search yourself for them. 



I would lay much stress upon one point calculated to aid parties in 

 their search for antiquities, it is this. Never neglect visiting every 

 clump of, or single Peepul or Banyan trees, and particularly if on a high 

 mound or by water, for a practice exists all over India of collecting 

 fragments of stone of all kinds, sculptured or inscribed under such trees. 



Whenever a high mound is seen in a flat part of country, depend 

 upon it, it is the site of an ancient city. Those who have travelled in 

 the Punjaub, and in the Cis-Sutledge territory, will not have failed to 

 remark this. Witness all the places the names of which end in " put" 

 and " hana," Paneeput, Son-put, Cong-put, Sam-hana, Pud-hana, &c. 

 &c. but there are very many mounds in the other and distinct names 

 such as Kupoor, Mumdote, Kunnoje, Kurra, Manicpoor. 



It would be very useful if in the different revenue surveys attention 

 were paid to those mounds or sites of old towns, and that they should 

 be entered in the maps, the names carefully recorded in the dialect and 

 written character of the country. 



Hints on the Easiest Method of taking and preparing Drawings for 

 Lithograph, hy the same. 



Several years ago I proposed contributing (monthly) specimens of 

 sculpture, but various impediments have been opposed to the fulfil- 

 ment of the promise ; as I think that the subject is still worthy of con- 

 sideration, I would suggest your inviting contributions, to facilitate 

 which, both as to execution and economy, I would offer the following 

 hints. 



In the first place, the more simple the drawing the more correct the 

 idea conveyed of the object to be represented and the less the trouble 

 of execution, both for the draftsman and the copyist, whose charges 

 must be regulated by the extent of work ; a plain outline drawing is 

 sufficient, and should be reduced to the size required for the Journal. 



There is a method by which much accuracy is attained and trouble 

 and expense spared. 



The drawing should be first carefully reduced to the size required 

 upon stiff paper, and the outlines boldly done with Indian ink ; this 



