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 IV.] BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 275 _ members of Chand’s family were painted in living colours represented by the natural hues of precious stones. - With this fan in her hand, Behul@ landed on the banks of the river Gangoor. At that very moment her widowed sisters-in-law were coming to carry water, and were attracted by the fan, no less than by the beauty of the sweeper-girl. While examining the fan closely, they were struck with wonder to see the likenesses of the members of their own family painted upon the fan. They wanted to know who this sweeper-girl was and what she meant to do with the fan. Behula said that she was called Behula, the sweeper-girl, her husband’s name was Laksmindara, the sweeper, 200. 1015 father’s name was Chand, the sweeper, and her own father’s name was Saha, the sweeper. The fan was for sale, and its price was one lakh of rupees. At this strange story the widows wept and went speedily home to acquaint queen Sanaka with what they had seen and heard. Sanaka ran to the house of steel and to her surprise found the lamp still burning and the rice still fresh on the golden plate. Then she came to the bank of the river and seeing the pictures on the fan and the face of the sweeper- girl, which reminded her of Behula, she fell to the earth and began to rend the air with loud lamentations. Behula then said, ‘Mother, do not weep. Look at your sons. Manasa Devi has restored them to life. But we cannot enter Champak Nagar until my father-in-law worships Manasa Devi. So 1 have brought all of you here by a device.”’