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fited eonionnnt nppertru tohe the tf'nniiial nmi not the initial of the defini- 

 tive, (If jfiTiitives nuruftinifs Inniiiur {in;il in, or r, ii, iijr- Tliu.* tlu'Thofbii r 

 o( r-mii name may he (Vmn /v/r-inu, (j_varmij>- hsiviu^ f'/r-iiiiii^:r. 'Yhv. llho- 

 tiati r-rta ear may Iw frmn i!«:r'-iin, (iViiruii;; linviuir tir-uv. flie Jiiml 



r ^'tc. limy ir?.eH" f}if rt>mii:Uit of t!», ro an Mr. llinliifii believes. 

 While in tmf lUnlet-t an flTchiiic ]ir('Jix has thu;* t'oTitT<"t*'<l vvitli the root 

 nion f<yllahl<^, in anL>tiver tlic full tWrni is rt't.iiiietl. 'Vkm hua ]m-i\ ubundsint- 

 l_v illnstn*tf(l in th*- coui sh ot" I lie iiii.-^efllaneuua irloi^-'^n'ial (!(mi|«n*i>ons. 

 1 shnll only luUha-e rin*- "»r two instmires Ik"!'**. The 1, r rtttet t'nr Imte hw^ 

 the IrtWal prei". in ftmie fjf fiie arrimic liattinli fliiilert.s ( Manijnirian, r^ak), 

 fint^ka, kh, '/^ ta,te, m, rhn, in (he niajMjrit yt)f llie ^^outliern diiilect?. hi 

 the (juruiifj: rtv/-<r-n thf u^iittAinil \irvl'. i> tunt'-ivied siinl the. nasal jstipec- 

 utklc'd, unWii nu lie a later Itli'itimi ham uftiie mol (lu)- tniro lisin. //-riuii*, 

 Jili A'Ariwi-ninu", Maiinfi /i//-ru fcf. In thi' < lyarunjr /-ri ntatl, t u the 

 current secuiularv tujin uf the f:\ittiirH! jae^rvetl in tSte Thnchn <j~r\. In 

 tlie (lyarutt^*" jf/'-fZ-ri, ri is tlif itmjI tind c/ an older torni oi" the dental 



pretix, of which the sirriiaie v'nttfind fortn i.-* }>ie:<em'd in the Uorjisi <;f-la, 

 Mnnvuk if-nL The Tlnn-liU va-pi j^ivr.- tlie pure ma with the labial 

 postt* So ('//w'diii, jf/«r, 'riinehu, i.^ ardiaie ; //-ni Manyak, iiu arcbaic 

 (■(>iH;rett^d lomi ; ,w/-ie Ilorpa, a :ileiidt>r vwrit'ty of tho same artdiaic fiam 

 w ith 51 tnuperadded prolix^ in it.t lorn naa-refed. The Ciyarun.ir /.*f-ni i£\vm 

 this later prol". in n ^ull iuim. The Jiiiotian ^/-ro- 0 hot is |»rcH^rvetl in ti 

 more archaic form in the THk|ia *7-io-M(ji. (Tvaranjr, in jt-ft-.v-niim np(\ 

 puperaddf ir?* enrrent |i)ef. to mi arebinc roncreted form of the same prel", 

 siniiliir t*) the (A'-of thf Manyak r/r-mi. ithotbai ha.'* the nyaniiijr ionii 

 witJi its etirrent qualitivt* |io>ltix .vmii»'i'w. Tbochn has* the jaire root, 

 iriia. In thetumtli thearcliaiG furm f>f rfi --ini, ^min, .f-njiin ia inesened ; 

 Jitalo ffu-nuiu}i;, Teii^na i;(-man. The Khari /t-iihiiifr (forininiih Anf-a- 

 mi /(i:-nie^ connect flu* dental Manyak fr»rnj of the ]treH.\ with the ^nttural. 

 The archaic labial is ab>i% fonntt in fJw* .-^oiitli, /w/^'Oiaii t^iaro. The mimed 

 ftf aiiiiuala nrtbid sicverul <'.vam|>tes of the rom retion of nrchaic prdixeH 

 imd tlie ado}aion of new inwx, a. ir. Mimln tj yhr-p-u Gytinii!<r, .'i-/j'\ 0'ini 

 i'diot. (Iwjlb the jnim;uy and fecondary ]>reti.\es coflcjWed); t'y'iah' m-nii 

 Takpa, A.?!t-rnl Bluit., klid'h-ri (lyar.; Ant /m-ra Miinyuk, ta-hfi-vix Tho- 

 chu, ,>f-//A-ro llorjiii ; Cioiv mt-la Teiif£>ifl, «-h>k Lepuha, M-i'-iuk Uhot. 

 ia-Zi-rok GyuTrf hu-tha-i-nk Khoibu, /;tf-luk Serjia &c, 



The roots havinpr now Wen itlentitied in tlifir vancmii forms, and fcherel«- 

 tivG antiiiiiity of tbe?ie form* p« fur tt:<certiiineil, iht iiumeralsi are found to 

 Ti'il ee t 60 ni e b ist 0 1 iea 1 1 i u b f . 



The oldest nnits were tlu? bihial nnd the pfnttuml. Tlie farmer wa;i 

 difiuml in China before any form of tbe nnuicral fy.-if»*m j^iaead into Ti- 

 bet ; but its ivtentiun in the t 'lnne>e 8 an<l 100 .show.-^ tlnit it wan cniTent 

 when the full denary nnmenition wiin attameib Tbe fiiittoral w«s pnubii- 

 blv current from llie lii"s*t along' wiih the Isdaai a.^ a detiiniive and unit. 

 (Sec, Jl). At nil event.s it early beLame tJin jn-incifail unit. It a[»- 

 pears to li.ive beun tho only one current in the t*hinese diuleet thnt tiirit 

 jrave the numerals to the Tibetan tnbi-s, mul even in the existing^ ClduesiB 

 aj-.^tem the unit in 1, (i, 7, Band Id, 1?^ the g-iittund root umb-r diiiVrent 

 forms. W hen the syntem was lir.st c arried hito Tibet the pure jrutiuraJ 

 was current ns 1 in Cldna. It is now only jireserved, coiitraetrd. in!); 

 but some full furnia remaiu in the XlitutUiuc pro^'iiite, not oulj in y but iii 



