“His exceeding diffidence on the subjects on which he might have dictated to the learned world of Europe and Asia was the most surprising trait in him. He was very deeply read in general literature independently of his Tibetan lore, but never did such acquirements centre in one who made such modest use of them.” The contents of this report were communicated to the Asiatic Society, by whom one thousand rupees was voted for the purpose of being placed into the hands of Major Lloyd that a suitable monument be erected over the grave. The inscription was approved by the Society at their meeting in February 1845, which the Secretary, Mr. H. Torrens, introduced with the following words:— “I beg to submit the epitaph to be placed on the tomb of our lamented friend, Csoma de Körös, as approved by the committee.” H. J. Alexander Csoma de Körösi, [53] A Native of Hungary, Who, to follow out Philological Researches, Resorted to the East; And after years passed under privations, Such as have been seldom endured, And patient labour in the cause of Science, Compiled a Dictionary and Grammar Of the Tibetan Language, His best and real monument. On his road to H’Lassa, To resume his labours, He died at this place, [54] On the 11th April 1842, Aged 44 years. [55] His fellow-labourers, The Asiatic Society of Bengal, Inscribe this tablet to his memory. Requiescat in Pace. Dr. Archibald Campbell’s report on Csoma’s closing days, and his subsequent memorandum, [56] will always be read with deep interest, the contents of which have been quoted already. Dr. Campbell again mentions in it Csoma’s ardent wish to reach Lassa, where, strengthened with his linguistic attainments, he formed enthusiastic hopes of realising the objects of his research. “Could he reach Lassa, he felt that Sanskrit would have quickly enabled him to master the contents of its libraries, and in them he believed was to be found all that was wanting to give him the real history of the Huns in their original condition and migrations. The power of acquiring languages was the extraordinary talent of Csoma. He had studied the following ancient and modern tongues, and was proficient in many of them: Hebrew, Arabic, Sanskrit, Pushtu, Greek, Latin, Sclavonic, German, English, Turkish, Persian, French, Russian, Tibetan, with the addition of Hindustani, Mahratta, and Bengali. His library at his death had a dictionary of each of the languages he was acquainted with, and on all were his manuscript annotations.”