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Section II.—Bloch Prints . 
103 
for the arrangement of the formula on Plate XIY ; but the argument 
only holds good, if the book was intended for reading, which is doubtful. 
As a curiosity I may note the arrangement on page 1 of form 8; I have 
not noticed it elsewhere. Between the 3rd and 4th impression of the 
formula, there is inserted an impression of the first line by itself. This 
is probably a mere misprint; though it is not quite easy to understand 
how it happened. For as the uniformity of the intervals of the lines 
shows, these lines were not printed each by itself; on the other hand, 
if the block was twice applied to the paper, in different places, the 
paper should show smudges of ink, which it does not do. 
The columns stand regularly, without any exception, upright and 
reversed on alternate pages. 
No. II. Book. 
Belongs to M. 8. Found at Kiang Tuz. Size, 14x9". Number 
of forms, 12. Paper, variety Hid. Surfaces greased, and print rather 
indistinct; otherwise well preserved. Biveted with three nails. 
Text, printed in two columns on each page, running parallel 
to the longer side of the book, and standing alternately up¬ 
right and reversed on the same page, but keeping the same position on 
alternate pages, as shown in the diagram on the margin. Each column 
consists of four impressions 
(1) 
( 2 ) 
(3) 
(I) 
S 
Page 4. 
ab c o qv 
def fop 
fab c oq 
l def fop} 
v 
ab c oqvj 
lef fgp 
abc o qv 
i___> 
-V 
Page 5. 
d 
e f 
f a t\ 
fa 
be 
o qv ] 
[d 
e f 
f*p\ 
fa 
b c 
oqv J 
U 
e f 
f*P) 
fa 
b c 
o qv} 
Id 
e f 
P d V 
(3) 
(I) 
(a b c d e /) of the formula, 
but as the space is barely 
sufficient to accommodate 
them, not unfrequently one 
or two lines of the formula 
are omitted at the top or the 
bottom of the page; and, 
whenever this occurs, the 
mutilated portions are arran¬ 
ged so as to make up, be¬ 
tween them, a complete 
formula. The intention, evidently, seems to be that the left hand 
columns and the right hand columns respectively should be read 
consecutively throughout the book, as indicated by the arrows in the 
marginal diagram. The four impressions are placed so as to keep the 
corresponding lines as much as possible on a level with one another. 
No. III. Book. 
Belongs to M. 8. Found at Kiang Tuz. Size, 12f x 8J". Number 
of forms, 20. Paper, variety Illd. Surfaces greased, and print rather 
