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17. the College de France and the Ecole des Beaux Arts. In the case of a young man wishing to specialize on Indian archaeology, art or history, the first year could be spent in Paris under direction of the French professors. He would then go to Hanoi, instead of to Peking as in the regular course, and continue his studies with the advice of the staff of the Ecole Francaise. At his own request he could be attached to the surveys or special missions in British India to gain experience in field work. Or else, if his tastes lay in that direction, could be assigned to work in the field under the Conservateur des Ruines d'Angkor, or elsewhere. It is greatly to be hoped that one of the young men chosen*will find himself attracted by one or another of these Indian fields of investigation, for when our work takes us along the India-China trade route through Turkestan, as it presently should, the presence on the expedition of a member, trained in Indian archaeology and languages and familiar with the Indian Buddhist church history and ichonography, would be invaluable. The salary of the advanced student who elected a course in the Hanoi school or its branches would have to be a matter for future decision, but his travelling expenses would in any case be borne by the School. *I have in mind one gentleman whose training in Sanskrit and Pali and whose extensive reading on Buddhism and Buddhist ichonography give him particular fitness for this work. He is anxious to go to India and receive the necessary training there which will fit him to work on the Southern and Western end of the China trade-route.