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black writing seems to suggest that one gives the translation of the 
other, the document being bilingual. The second sheet is, in every 
respect, similar to the figured one, except that it bears only two seals, 
and that the writing which corresponds to the white one is in black 
lead or what looks very much like it; it is clearly distinguishable from 
the black-ink writing. 
Set II b. Plate XIX shows a single leaf of this portion of the 
second part of Set II. There are also three double-leaves in this sub¬ 
ordinate set, the total being seven leaves. These appear to me to be 
written in Chinese or in something greatly resembling Chinese characters. 
The number of letters in the perpendicular lines vary from 9 to 12 ; 
and the number of lines itself varies from 8 to 11. One half of one 
of the double-leaves (two pages), even, numbers 13 lines to the page, 
and (apparently) 18 or 20 letters to the line, the letters being only 
about one-half as large as those on the rest of this manuscript. Each 
page of writing is enclosed in a double-lined quadrangle. Each side 
of a double-leaf, of course, has two such inscribed quadrangles (or pages) 
side by side, the fold of the paper running between the quadrangles. 
Set lie. Plate XX shows a double-leaf of this subordinate 
set. It will also best explain what is meant by a double-leaf. There 
are two of these double-leaves; and there is also one single leaf; so 
that the total number of leaves is five. Every page (except the two 
pages of the single leaf) is enclosed within a double-lined quadrangle. 
There are from 9 to 11 lines of writing on a page : the usual number 
is 10. The writing is unknown to me: there is a faint suggestion about 
it of a very cursive form of the Indian Bralimi characters; but this 
appearance is probably deceptive. 
Set II d. Plate XXI shows a double-leaf of this portion of the set. 
There are two more such double : leaves, the total number of leaves 
being six. Every page is enclosed within a double-lined quadrangle, 
and the quadrangles themselves are divided, by double lines, into six 
compartments each. Each compartment contains two lines of writing, 
the whole page, thus, having 12 lines. The lines of writing stand 
closer to the double lines of division than to one another. I do not 
know the writing; it appears, however, to be similar to that of Set II c. 
Set II e. Plate XXII shows a leaf of this subordinate set. There 
is another leaf of this set which is inscribed only on one side. This 
side has eight lines, while the two pages of the figured leaf have ten 
lines each. The writing is in white ink, 66 and appears to be in Uighur 
characters. 
55 It is not chalk ; at least it is tolerant of washing. I may here add that the 
black ink, too, in all these manuscripts, tolerates the application of a wet sponge. 
