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was told a copy was for sale at Lucknow. I tried in vain to get hold 
of it. If it is to be found it would be worth while to purchase it 
(the price then named was 100 rupees) and to send it to Wustenfeld, 
who, if the opportunity was offered to him, would no doubt be glad to 
buy it himself, 
“ Mr. De Goeje of Leiden is preparing an edition of the Geography 
of Abu Zayd Balkhy and of that of Ibn Hauqal. He farther intends 
to edit the Asas albihigha AiXvJi^Lot of Zamakhshary. The latter 
work I consider as useless, or rather worse than useless, but the for¬ 
mer two will be a very useful addition not only to eastern geography, 
but also to our knowledge of the state of civilization of the empire 
of the Khalifs. 
“ Should you not like to undertake a poetical work in Persian, I would 
recommend you the Ayeen Akbaree. It is one of the most valuable 
historical records we possess. 1 am aware of the difficulties which 
will attend the editing it. There is probably not one copy to 
be found which contains all the tables. Your best plan will be to 
collect all the MSS. you can find, to collate them and to make a new 
copy, as perfect as your materials will allow, with all the variants of 
importance, and if you are unable to give a perfect text, to restore it 
as far as it is in your power,— you might possibly get MSS. from the 
India House. If not, I dare say Mr. Wright would compare your 
MS. with those found in England. Sir II. Elliot had the intention 
of translating it, and he prepared a copy for this purpose. Mr. Thomas 
might possibly get it for the sake of its being compared. Whatever 
the result of your endeavours may be, thus much is certain, no one 
will be able to do as much as your Society.” 
Capt. E. Smyth writes from Camp Srinugur, Gurhwal, November 
20th, 1862. 
“ I crossed the Niti pass into Gurhwal on the 21st October. It was 
tolerably cold before I left, but not so cold as last year. One day 
the thermometer was at 8° at sunset and the same next morning 
O * 
(It probably went down to zero during the night.) Last year it sank 
below zero on several occasions. I crossed the Johar pass into Thibet 
on the 15th September. I was benighted and had to bivouac without 
