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Dr. Hoernle —Antiquities from Central Asia, [Extra Nd. 1, 
First Set. (Plates V-YIII, XI and XIII.) 
This set comprises eiglit copies, namely, one pothi and seven books. 
Its text is also found on three pages of book No. II of the Second Set; 
and some portions of the text of it are also found on one page of book 
No. VIII of the Fifth Set and in book No. Ill of the Sixth Set. 
The text consists of five portions, which comprise 5, 2, 7, 2 and 
4 lines respectively, and which I shall distinguish as the formulas A, B, 
C, D and E. The total text, therefore, comprises 20 lines of type. 
Each line appears to contain from 10 to 13 letters. 
The entire text of 20 lines, with the five formulas, arranged in the 
order above given, is found in four books (Nos. I, III, IV, V). One book 
(No. VI) and the pothi (No. II) contain only the formulas A, C and E; 
with this difference, however, that in book No. VI the three formulas 
are arranged connectedly in the same order as in Nos. I, III, IV, V, only 
leaving blank intervals in the place of B and D ; while the pothi gives 
the three formulas A, C and E independently of one another, in no con¬ 
nected series and on different pages. Of the remaining two books, one 
(No. VII) gives only a portion of formula A, viz., lines 1, 2, 4 and 5, 
omitting line 3; while the other (No. VIII) gives only a portion of 
formula C, viz., lines 9, 11, 13 and 14, omitting lines 8, 10 and 12. In 
book No. Ill of the Sixth Set the same three formulas are found, but 
not in any connected series; viz., (1) the formula A, mutilated as in 
No. VII, (2) the formula C, as in No. VIII, (3) a portion of formula E, 
viz., lines 17, 18, 19, omitting line 20. The two formulas B (lines 6 
and 7) and D (lines 15 and 16) have never been found by me separately 
from the entire text. These formulas, therefore, are found only in the 
books Nos. I, III, IV, V. 
Accordingly the text of the First Set exists in the following eight 
forms or recensions, denoted by la, lb, Ic, Id, le, If, I g and Ih. 
(1) The full text (la) of 20 lines, consisting of the formulas A, B, 
C, D and E, in a connected series. This is found in books Nos. I, III, 
IV, V; also in book No. II of the Second Set. 
(2) The shorter text of 16 lines (16), consisting of the formulas 
A, C and E, with proportionate blank spaces for B and D ; the whole in 
a connected series (as in la). This is found in book No. VI. 
(3) The three formulas A (Ic), C (Id), and E (Ie), given separately, 
and forming no connected whole. In pothi, No. II, also in book No. VI. 
(4) The formula A (If), in a mutilated form, viz., lines 1, 2, 4, 5. 
In book VII; also in book No. Ill of the Sixth Set. 
(5) The formula C (Ljf),in a mutilated form, viz., lines 9,11, 13, 14. 
In book No. VIII; also in book No. VIII of the Fifth Set and in book 
No. Ill of the Sixth Set. 
