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Section II.—Block Prints. 
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regular arrangement. If this is done, we obtain 22 pairs head to head, 
and 35 pairs foot to foot (total 57). Each of these two sets may easily 
be read by observing the principle, previously explained, of reading by 
alternate pages; and the break of uniformity between the two sets may 
be due to inadvertence on the part of the printer. 
Within the intervals, in the centre of the page, additional small 
legends are inserted, consisting of 4 to 7 letters, double the size of the 
text, and running at right angles to the latter. They are not seen on 
every page, but as a rule only on the two outside pages of each form ; 
thus on pages 5 and 8, 9 and 12, and so forth. On eight forms (viz., 5, 
8, 14, 16, 21, 24, 26) they occur on the two inside pages; thus on pages 
18 and 19, 30 and 31, and so forth. In one form, the 22nd, they are 
omitted altogether. In the initial and final forms (on which three 
pages are blank), of course, they occur only once; viz., on pages 
4 and 117. 
No. Y. Book. 
Belongs to M. 3. Purchased in July 1897 from Badruddin, an 
Afghan merchant in Kliotan. Size, 11J by 8 inches. Forms all cut 
through at the back with a blunt instrument; hence all leaves separate, 
numbering 39 ; initial leaf missing. Paper, variety III b. Extensive fatty 
stains on most pages ; many damaged by burns. Bound with 
three twists of paper. 
Contains recension la, printed on each page in one horizontal 
column above and three vertical columns below, making four im¬ 
pressions on each page (see Woodcut No. 12). The three vertical 
columns always stand in the same position towards one another, but 
vary in their position towards the horizontal column, having sometimes 
their head, sometimes their foot towards it. The position of the 
horizontal column varies in having sometimes its head, sometimes its 
foot turned to the outer margin of the book. The whole yields a great 
variety of arrangements, in the choice of which no order is discernible. 
It is impossible, therefore, to read the book in any intelligent order, 
and it would seem to be intended for mere mechanical use. 
No. YI. Book. 
Belongs to M. 4. Brought from Khotan, together with No. II, 
q. v. Size, Il§x44". Number of forms, 31. One blank leaf is torn 
off, and missing; hence only 63 leaves. Total of printed pages 126 
instead of 124; because, contrary to the usual order of these books, 
the print commences on the 3rd page instead of the 4th page ; simil¬ 
arly printing continues to the ante-penultimate page, instead of 
stopping,, as usual, on the ante-ante-penultimate page. Paper, variety 
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