89 
1895.] G. A. Grierson —Bangali version of the Lord's Prayer, 
Kama mou pun’ja radjat daan kauwassahan daan ber-bessaran 
sampey kakakal. Amin. 
It appears according to Signor Teza, that the above is actually 
Malay. 
The version in so-called Bangali characters, of which the above is 
Wilkins’ transcription is now worth reprinting,—for as a matter of fact 
only a few of the characters are Bangali, and those few are wrongly used. 
Thus de is written tf z instead of cxf. It is either an absolute invention of 
Wilkins, which is not probable, or it is some hybrid character used by 
Malay Sailors in their intercourse with Bengal. Wilkins was under 
the impression that, at the time when he wrote (1715 A.D.), Bangali 
was disappearing as a language, its place being taken by Malay. 
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4&/s3££3#<i5 S&jiy &Q1 
JTCS&rt J Stft^ T^3<JW 3fjN 
JSjiZ'sZ Siam ;• 
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Another correction has been made by Signor Teza, to which I take 
this opportunity of drawing attention. In my article 1 I mentioned t a 
the first grammar of Hindustani was that of Schultz, published m 1745, 
a work which I had not had the good fortune to. see. Signor Teza is 
the fortunate possessor of a copy of this work, which appeared in a e 
in 1744 (not 1745). Schultz, in his preface, mentions a still earlier 
grammar. In 1743 there appeared the Miscellanea Orientalia of David 
1 L. c., p. 47. 
