1897.] 
Central Asian Manuscripts. 
231 
4, taxes ) ^ r0 ^ g d ouane- 
5, (et) redevances ) 
6, F (ce caractere ne se rencontre guere que dans 
des noms de lienx.) 
7, un (le nombre 1) 
Colonne de centre. 
1, de soi-meme, naturellement. 
2, rempli, parfait. 
seize. 
5 ? 
u, 
6 ? 
7 ? 
• j 
3, dix ") 
4, six ) 
Colonne de gauche. 
1, porte, categorie. 
2, denx. 
3 ? 
4, solide. 
8, porte (signifies anssi categorie, espece). 
I am ignorant of the Chinese language myself, and am unable, 
therefore, to offer any information on these two Chinese scraps ; but 
it would be interesting to know whether the style of the Chinese 
writing affords any light with regard to such questions as the age of 
the manuscripts. 
To sum up : the Godfrey Manuscripts appear to consist of eight 
distinct portions, comprising the following number of leaves or frag¬ 
ments of leaves :— 
Set 
I consisting of 
5 
pieces. 
II 
11 
11 
1 
11 
III 
11 
11 
1 
5) 
>> 
IV 
11 
11 
1 
11 
V 
11 
1 
. >> 
V 
VI 
?» 
19 
1 
11 
11 
VII 
11 
11 
59 
11 
11 
VIII • 
91 
?> 
2 
11 
Eight Sets 
11 
71 
11 
I now proceed to details, so far as the present state of my examin¬ 
ation of the manuscripts permits me to do. 
Set I. (Plates VIII and IX). Five pieces of manuscript; full size 
11 x2J inches; letters, Northern Indian Brahmi; language, Sanskrit; 
purport, probably incantations. The figured leaves are numbered 11 
and 19 (P j; they read as follows : 
Leaf 11: Obverse. 
1, gone svaha: Namo 9ri-pradipaya tathagataya: tad-yatha siri 
siri ’ pradipa- 
