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complete, very little has been translated into English or any European language ; but dull though most of it is, it contains a great deal more which bears on our subject. Most of the Buddhist Sanskrit works are still unprinted ; and the Tibetan practically unknown. There are pro- bably not a dozen men in Europe who know Tibetan, and only one set of the books is to be found in England. Here is another opportunity for the wise millionaire, if such a being exists. One set of these books was offered to me three years ago for about ^^1200, but the money could not be found by any English library, and they are gone. I know where to get another: price, one elephant. Here is also a life-work for twenty young scholars who want to do good v/ork in the world. Incidentally, they will make themselves a name. What they will find will not all be folklore; but this Society will hardly grudge the crusts off their table to others, when they have themselves eaten the crumb,
W. H. D. Rouse.
