All these examples seem to point out that one of the blockprints (probably the larger one) was derived from a version which was not actually copied from the original but rather written down from memory. The variants are no cutting or copying mistakes except ངེས་སོ་ and ངས་སོ་ l. 16, and དྲིན་པོ་ཆེ་ and རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ in l. 7. In l. 26 we find an erroneous ཅིང་ for ཞིང་. The two ༈ at the end of lines 16 and 48 in B (or rather at the beginning of the following lines, for that is where they must be put if the Tibetan text is printed line for line like English verse) do not agree with my conception of the structure of the poem as indicated by my typographical arrangement of it. I would not have expected a ༈ after line 16 but after lines 12, 24, 36 and 48. The occurrence of the sign after line 48 may, however, be taken to indicate that the next two verses have to be regarded as appendices to the body of the poem proper. It must be mentioned that in the title, in both copies of A., the final word is བཞུགས་. In B., as the poem occurs in the body of the volume, there is no equivalent title. I have written བཞུགས་སོ༷་ without prejudice to the question whether the form བཞུགས་ is legitimate or not. My teachers say that before a ༎ the སོ་ is required. The only reading taken from B is ངེས་ for the incomprehensible ངས་ of A 1 and 2, in line 16. It may be, finally, remarked that the three copies from which this edition was prepared, show once more that textual correctness and perfection of typographical execution are not necessarily related in Tibet. The two small prints which are, but for the single omission of a dengbu in line 16, quite correct, are small, badly printed on bad paper, and not carefully or neatly cut. The larger copy is neat, well printed on good paper, very legible, but not nearly so satisfactory as a text. D. TRANSLATION. THE SONG OF THE EASTERN SNOW MOUNTAIN. OBEISANCE TO THE TEACHER. I. (His Teachers). 1. On the peak of the white snow mountain in the East A white cloud seems to be rising towards the sky. At the instant of beholding it I remember my teacher And, pondering over his kindness, faith stirs in me. 2. To the East of where that cloud is floating, In that entirely victorious Virtue Solitude, There resided the precious ones, difficult to be invoked, Father Famous Goodheart, the Sire with (his two spiritual) sons. 3. The yoga and other (teachings) of the two stages of the road Relating to the profound Doctrine, they preached most fully. To the pious of snowy Tibet Your grace, O protectors, was ineffable. II. (Himself). 4. Especially that this ease-loving Clergy-Perfection Has turned his mind a little towards the Doctrine Is (thanks to) the kindness of these noble father and sons. Truly your kindness is great, O father and sons.