Note 2 — Chapter V
Reading edition
“From Dr. Wilson’s letter and the Quarterly2 sent to me I observe, there is nothing yet known of the Tibetan language and literature, and they seem also to be not much interested for them. It is certain that the Tibetan books mentioned in my former reports have been taken in the seventh century after Christ from India, especially from Nepal, Central India, Kashmir, and other countries. They contain both materially and formally (sic) more than the literature of any country in Asia.