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overstepped the mere boundary of ratiocination and had fairly recon- 

 ciled the two religions, at least for a while, and until the time when 

 Buddhism was discarded altogether. The occurrence of the word Bud- 

 dha in the inscription points to his worship, and the spire in the centre 

 is the seven-tiered one of the Indo-Chinese Dagopas. 



I have not by any means closed my researches, the obstacles to these, 

 as I have elsewhere observed, being numerous, so that further archaiolo- 

 gical discoveries may possibly yet be made. 



(C.) — Are Sanscrit verses, out of some book on religion most 

 likely, in alto relievo, on the bottom and the four sides of a brazen 

 ornamented dish, which was found by me amid some ruins of ancient 

 temples in Province Wellesley. They were copied by a man of the 

 Brahmanical tribe. 



(D.) — Are impressions taken from two apparently Deva Nagri letters, 

 imprinted on a large brick which I found in one of the ruins. 



(E.) — Are two coins one of copper and the other of some mixed 

 metal, which last decrepitates on being submitted to the blowpipe.* 



I found one of these in the Keddah country, close to the British 

 frontier, and in the bed of a clear stream. My attention was attracted 

 by quantities of broken pottery there ; and after my people, about 

 twenty in number, had laboured for several days in sifting and searching, 

 I picked two or three coins myself out of one of the baskets, a circum- 

 stance which I am induced to mention in order to obviate any doubt 

 which might arise regarding their genuineness. I visited the place a 

 few months ago for a second search but found no more coins. 



The second coin was found by me under the foundation of the 

 ruins of a small brick building ; this last not however appearing above 

 the surface of the ground. The spot is in the northern part of the 

 Province. There were several hundreds of these coins in a metallic 

 cup. From the emblems on them I consider them Buddhist coins. 



The figure on the coin I have conjectured to be that of some Hindu 

 deity. But the chief Priest of the Hindu Temple at Penang insists 

 that it represents a king. I cannot make out the obverse. 



While about to close these notes the Journal of the Society for 

 February last has reached me. In this number I observef that in- 



* These two coins contain exactly similar impressions, 

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