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56 In a storm three waves are strong and violent, whilst the fourth wave is comparatively weak and less dangerous. This succession of waves is called a "rote of waves."—(Pennan.)

When the tide rises higher than usual, stormy weather is looked for.—(Rosehearty.)

When there is a more than an ordinary high tide the fishermen of Pittulie say that it is caused by "a gale from the ocean."

When the tide rises higher than ordinary the expression is used, "There is a heich flouans."—(Macduff.)

When the neep-tide is at the lowest it is called "the dead o' the neep."—(Macduff.)

In tidal harbours, when a ship cannot float, owing to want of depth of water at neep-tide, fand is thus detained from sailing, she is said to be "neepit "—a circumstance far from pleasing to the captain.

N days of yore there was a brâhman village, on the eastern side of Râjagaha, called Sâlindiya.

At that time the Bodhisat was reborn in a Brâhman family as a farmer. When he grew up he accumulated wealth, and farmed four thousand ammanas of land in a certain district of Magadha, in the N.E. quarter of the village of Sâlindiya.

One day he went with his men to the field, and bade his labourers plough the land. Then he went to a large pond at the end of the field