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In the middle a helmeted soldier is seen sitting on the ground, surrounded 
by a zigzag line, outside which is seen a large face and some undecipher¬ 
able writing. The object, shown in No. 27, made of a soft white stone, 
looks like a single-humped camel, but the completeness of it is doubtful. 
No. 29 shows a curious object, made of a soft cream-coloured stone, 
being a grotesque human twin figure, in which every part, except the 
pair of feet, are duplicated. No. 30 is a pin (broken hair-pin ?) of 
white jade. There are two such jade pins in the collection. 
The two objects shown in Nos. 28 and 31 appear to be made of horn 
The former represents a dragon (in the form of a spout?;, the latter 
a pair of fishes (of the zodiac ?). 
Plate IV of Part I. 
No. 1 shows two sections of what appears to have been a large 
circular embossed copper-plate, cut up into large quadrangular pieces. 
Some of these were used as guards in the binding of some blockprint 
books (see, e.g., No. VII on page 75 of Part I of this Report). Nos. 3, 
4, 6-9, and 11 show some pieces of copper, similarly used. Some of 
these (No. 3) imitate the genuine Urtuqi coin shown in No. 2 (same as 
No. 20 in Plate I of Part I) and described on page 31 of Part I (see 
also ibidem , p. 54). The genuineness of all these pieces of copper is 
much open to suspicion. 
The other objects, shown in Nos. 12-21 are, no doubt, genuine, 
though with respect to some of them the age and provenance is quite 
uncertain. Certainly ancient are the terracotta pedestal, No. 13 (see 
above under Plate XI, No. 8), the stone head of Buddha, No. 19, and 
the bronze Sitting Buddha, No. 15. The bronze objects, Nos. 20 and 21, 
which are much corroded and sand-worn, are also antique. No. 21 shows 
the front and back of a very curious human figure. The objects, shown in 
Nos. 14 and 16 are made of a soft grey stone, and appear to be fragments 
of a casket. The figure of a bird (goose?), No. 18, is made of brass 
or pale bronze. It is provided with a knob or botton in the liollowed- 
out interior, by which apparently it could be fixed to some other object. 
Plate XIX of Part I. 
This Plate shows a variety of miniature objects, most of which 
have already been described. For Nos. 2-11, see Part I, Section I, pp. 
37 If. ; and for the remainder, see the remarks on Plates VIII-X. The 
objects shown in Nos. 1, 12-24, and 26 are of metal, mostly bronze ; 
Nos. 21 and 22 seems to be of lead. No. 1 is a sort of sceptre surmounted 
with a figure of Buddha, No. 18, the same with a closed fist; Nos. 13 
and 14 are two rosettes, No. 15 is a two-humped camel, perforated, 
