Pali MS collection at Korat (N.E. Thailand)

The Korat branch of the national library seems to have 1,000 or more
(Palm-leaf) MS bundles --wrapped and labelled with antiseptic
uniformity.  Assuming bugs can't chew through the outer wrapper
they've used, this is a truly well-preserved collection --albeit one
that will receive little outside attention in its current location.

All of the Pali texts that could be seen on casual inspection were in
Khom script (not surprising for the region, etc.) although some
percentage of the collection is presumably comprised of Thai
vernacular folklore.

I am not in a hurry to dig into this collection, but will sooner or
later want to make inquiries about Kaccayana MS in this branch of the
library; I would tend to assume that there isn't a published catalogue
and that one "goes by" the grouping and hand-written labels (the
latter are in Thai, but seem exceptionally good, I should mention).

I look forward to practicing reading Pali in Khom script again --I
have almost forgotten it over the past two years.

E.M.