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Section III. Manuscripts. . 
in Journal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. LXII (1893), p. 34 ff., and 
plate iii, figs. 3-5. It is the missing portion of Part IX of the Weber 
MSS., which previously had not been recognized by me but supposed to 
belong to Xo. 1 of Set I. It comprises 17 leaves ; in Part IX, there are 
25 leaves ; the total thus amounts to 42 leaves. The finder (see Intro¬ 
duction, p. x) appears to have divided it into two parts, one of which 
he gave to Mr. Weber, the other, to Mr. Macartney. It is not probable, 
that, for this purpose, he picked out the leaves separately; he probably 
simply divided the bundle of leaves into two portions, each consisting of 
a number of consecutive leaves. This being so, and leaves 7-10 and 
30-38 occurring in the Weber Collection, while leaves 22-29 are 
included in the Macartney Collection, it follows that the 17 leaves of the 
latter collection probably comprise the leaves 13-29, while the 25 leaves 
of the Weber Collection are made up of the initial portion 1-12 and 
the final portion 30-42. Unfortunately, the Pothi is preserved in a very 
indifferent condition. The leaves are partially mutilated on three sides 
though sufficient remains to determine their full size, which is 2% x 51- 
inches. Number of lines on page, 6; the top-lines, chiefly, being 
damaged. The writing is much obliterated, owing to the gypsum coat¬ 
ing of the leaves being greatly damaged. In many places the coating 
of one leaf, with the letters on it, adheres to the next leaf, and on care¬ 
fully rubbing off the gypsum, the letters underneath it become visible^ 
though in an inverted position and crossing the letters of the writing on 
the next leaf. With some trouble, it is possible to distinguish and read 
the two lines of writing overlying one another. A complete transcript 
(in Roman) of this manuscript, with indexes, is given in an Appendix to 
this Report. The leaf-numbers are on the left margin of the reverse 
pages, the following being, more or less completely, preserved: 22, 24, 
26, 27, 29. Paper, findplace and script, the same as in Xo. 2 of Set I. 
Language, not identified, but largely intermixed with strings of Sanskrit 
names of medical drugs, strangely misspelt. Hence it is not improbable 
that the work may be an ancient translation into a Central Asian dialect, 
of some Indian medical treatise. Age, 5th century A.D. 
Xo. 2. Pothi. (Plate II, fig. 4). 
Belongs to C. 7 and M. 3. A mere fragment of a book, consisting 
of three nearly complete leaves, one half-leaf, and eight small pieces. 
Size of full leaf, 2| x 11 T V" Number of lines on page, 5, with about 
21-28 aksaras in a line. Stringhole at 2f" from left edge, within a 
circle of diameter. On one leaf, in left upper corner, there are two 
concentric circles, not inscribed, of If" and If" diameter, possibly 
marking the commencement of a chapter. One of the complete leaves 
