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Dr. Hoernle — Antiquities from Central Asia. [Extra No. 1 , 
No. 8. Document. 
Belongs to M. 3. Size, 7 x 2f ", a much torn fragment from middle 
of sheet, with remains of two columns of writing, in book-hand ; one in 
small characters ; the other to the left and, therefore, at the end of the 
document, consisting apparently of two very large characters, about 2f 
inches high, probably an office-stamp. Purport, illegible. Paper, rather 
thicker than in preceding Nos., but water-lined. 
No. 9. Document. 
Belongs to M. 3. Size, 6| x 1|", a very irregularly torn fragment 
from middle of sheet, of same paper as No. 8, and possibly another 
portion of the same document. Writing, remains of two columns, in 
book-hand. Purport, apparently military requisition order. 
No. IQ. Document. 
Belongs to Gr. 1. Described and figured by me in Journal, Asiatic 
Society of Bengal, Vol. LXYI (1897), p. 230, Plate viii, No. 17. Said to 
have been dug up from a buried town near Kuchar. Size, about 5" 
square, being the right-hand upper corner, torn off a larger sheet. Paper 
thicker and coarser than that of any preceding No., but also water-lined. 
Writing, top of three columns ; also traces, on the right, of a fourth 
column ; the beginning and bottom of text wanting. Purport, not intel¬ 
ligible. 
Nos. 11 and 12. Documents. 
Belong to M. 3. Sizes, 4 x 2" and 1 j >; f". Two small and very 
irregular fragments from middle of sheet; of same paper as No. 10, and 
possibly belonging to the same document. On No. 11 indistinct traces of 
two columns of writing ; on No. 12 only one character ; all in book- 
hand. Purport, illegible. 
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Second Set. Persian Documents. 
This Set comprises four paper documents, all incomplete, two being 
, _ , only very small fragments. They were pro- 
Number, Find-place ,, , , * , \ , 
and Condition cured by Mr. Macartney from Khotan, but 
their exact find-place is not known. They 
were received with a large number of others, in the same condition as, 
the Godfrey MSS. (see Journal, Asiatic Society of Bengal, Yol. LXIII 
p. 226), forming crumbled up lumps of waste paper, and required very 
careful unfolding and smoothing-out. When this was done, they were 
found to be records written, some in Persian, others apparently in 
Uigur (see infra, Set I of Class II). 
