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bet. If y hypothesis is right the inscription was most . 
probably sede by immigrants from Java or Sumatra...... 
I am able to recognise most of the characters, but I have not 
sufficient knowledge of the dialect to give you any more sub- 
stantial information 
Mr. Giles wrote :—* The characters resemble the old 
Javanese. But it must be remembered that all —s further 
Indian alphabets come from a similar stock—South : 
‘T have sent the photograph to Chao Lak Pheivett of 
Muang Bassac on the Mekong, and these are the letters he 
deciphers and considers the same as Lao (Eastern)’’:— 
az. ee - PY U eee 
x; + AW. 9 a 
4 A oA Me PP « 
5. Hoo Bh ees ee N ty 
Oo eo ee eS y 1 
eo Me ee 
8. . 
zr. . 
large 
2. ee oe 
aspirate large 
a; ee Ge Pe ae S 
large 
ree a. ee eee 
aspirate large 
5. fe at 
large aspirate 
6. DN YT bs ee 
large 
7, ce SE ee ees Mas 8 
8. 
| This, of course, is the reason why one can see resemblances between 
a letters of the present inscription and letters in stone inscriptions ita 
South Annam and agains (Cham) through Borneo and th 
ie Peninsula to Java.—C. B 
