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8. From Capt. E. Smyth, Almorah, through Baboo Rajendra 

 Mullick, a Yak (Poephagus grunniens) and a monal (Lojohophorus 

 Impeyanus). 



9. From Dr. H. Cleghorn, a copy of his Report upon the Forests 

 of the Punjab and the Western Himalaya. 



10. From Dr. H. Cleghorn, on the part of the Rev. H. A. Jaschke, 

 six Tibetan pamphlets lithographed at Kyelang, Lahoul. 



The following letter accompanied the donation. 



To the Secretary ', Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



Sir, — I have the pleasure to present to the Asiatic Society on behalf 

 of Rev. H. A. Jaschke of the Moravian Institution at Kyelang in 

 British Lahoul, six Tibetan publications printed at the Moravian 

 Mission Press. 



1. Tibetan Primer illustrated. 



2. Ditto Reader containing 29 lessons on various subjects. 



3. Almanac for 1862, with chronological table of the most important 

 events in the history of the world &c. Mr. Jaschke remarks that " The 

 Almanac having failed to excite the interest of the natives, with a few 

 exceptions, the publication was not repeated, but it has been used in 

 the village school as a second Reader." 



4. Barth's Scripture History. 



5. Harmony of the Grospels. 



6. Acts of the Apostles, with a map. 



" The language of all these publications is not the peculiar dialect 

 of Lahoul or Ladak, but the established written language of the 

 Tibetan literature, which is the standard language all over Tibet. 



Having twice visited the Institution and having seen the lithogra- 

 phic press at work, I may be allowed to draw the attention of the 

 Society to the interesting fact, that this is the first attempt to introduce 

 printing into Tibet, and also to the laborious industry of this eminent 

 Orientalist, who has with great success followed up the literary efforts 

 of Alexander Csoma de Koros, whose Tibetan Grammar and Dictionary 

 were published in 1834, under the auspices of this Society. 



Mr. Jaschke is, I believe, the best Tibetan scholar in India, and 

 has lately communicated some interesting articles to the Imperial 

 Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg ; since 1857, he has been insulated 

 in his mountain home, constantly engaged in mastering the Tibetan 

 language, and in preparing an improved and enlarged Dictionary, now 



