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 340 THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY. EMBEH, 1875. kar's," which I don't believe. The principal one, about thirty feet square, has walls six feet thick pierced with windows, not only in the four sides, but at the angles also ; a tour de force which requires good masonry, as the outermost angles of the walls are left quite without vertical support above the windows. There is a pretty tomb at P a t o I a . I think it was in it that a friend of mine discovered an inscription interesting if not antique : — " Private —, — Com- pany — Battalion 1st Royal Scots, On the sober taek till St. Patrick's day - 2nd March 1818." The Royal Scots formed part of Sir T. Hielop's force which reduced this country ^in that year. I don't think there are any ancient remains of any sort in the Satpura except the tank on the Jusan Mai hill, said to have been made by the god Goraknath t and a few forts, which, with all the other old forts in the district, are ascribed to the mythical Gauli Raj.* SPECIMENS OP THE MAITHILI OR TIRHUTI DIALECT OF TLRHUT. BY S. W. FALLON, 2n.V.Halk, INSPECTOR OP SCHOOLS. Bum ka by&l. [Mixed Tirhuti.] Aj sobha Janak mandir, Chal-abut dekhau cMhu, he ! Subh gliari, subh din man gal, Harakhi sakal samaj, he ! Janki ka dnlah Raghubar (5) Dhanukh tufcal aj, he ! Paral nagar hakar ghar ghar, Chalali gaini uAri, he Saji dala, pan, chanao, Dip chau-mukh lest, he ! (10) ■ Kahu sakhi lei dflbhi, akehhat, Kahn anjan hath, he ! Kahu sir par kalasj mangal, Clial-ahu jahau Raghunath, he ! Pratham subh subh gAwi sakhi sabh, (15) Del chanan, pan, he ! OMt niurij uthfii un-al, Dhail subh-dhani nilk, he I Chalali sabho gaj-rAj kumini, Del smilur illifir, he! (20) Am thak, bak, pat, bluilari, Del chitanr-hiir, he ! Janki ke pur-al manorath, Janak sahit samaj, he. Joii Narain hirxhii hurkhit, (25) Dev bajan baj, he ! • I Jiave hero to correct an error in tin? former part ■' M, p. HID. where the seicritifio name of the common Maina is given as Gmcnlm HtUgiom. It is Acsidotherea tristis', Grw<yu"wrelt# tcwa's, I think, the black JJuina with yellow wattles. 1 find, too that Mr. Lneh, in his Historical Account *f Ahmad-naqar, N&rik, and Khindesh, derives the name DandiJ or Daml. »,.ni Prince Daniyal ; son of the Emperor Akbar, who ruled, the a in UHHJ .a, mid full .in iiiir yean. t The figures in this and the followinpnotea refer to the lines.— 2 Cbnl-abu, H. chalo. I'. tiit-Ml, U. tora. 7 par-al, H. para ; hakftr, none, report, H.'ha-ha-k&r :— In this word we hare the derivation of fwrk&ra, a messenger. 8 Cha- lali, H. chali, 10 Lesi, having lighted, II. (lakh flame) Th.6 marriage of Sam a. This day is Janki's palace bright, — Come, hasten all who will and see ! Auspicious hour, auspicious day of joy ! Rejoice the whole assembled throng ! Janki's bridegroom, Raghubar, The bow hath broke this day, In all the town, from house to house, [Joyful] huzzas arose and spread. The women singing go along, With pdn and chandan neatly placed, And four-wicked lighted lamp ; Some maidens bear the dub and rice, And some the lamp-black in their hands ; Some joyous halas bearing on their heads : Go all to where is Raghnnath. First all the maids their benisons sing, [Then] betel-leaf and chandan giro. The women slap and bring him in. The leader [then] doth pull his nose. With elephantine grace the love- Inspiring train all move along, Dropping sewhir a line they trace. [Then make they sport of him as thus : — ] A I hale [is rattled in his ear]§, A cotton bird [before him's thrown], On plantain stem and leaves [feet-squeezed], lehkiUke bftl-ke. 11 LeLH.ll. X Kahu, a ghara of water, containing also a sprig | <* * e» ; >.'[-t>ut, and a silver or copper with some tyre fd. il with leaven placed OB thl cover, ami ;i g&rttnd of flowers hung round fcSi IE Gfawi, having eumr. K. HB-ke. Id del, IT. dyi. 1/ehAt, It. cliameta: /rial, II. !•■ hye. 18 dhn-il, seized, EL dhnr lyn ; mabh-dhani, the leader of tl of women. 21 i.»i. II. t'-kr : thak, II. ilibha, or box in it ; bak, heron, pnddy-bird ; H- bagla (of Ctrl bhftlar, the stem of the plantain. |[, k«le ka Mr. 22 chitftur, a strong- war", ""d to cao*o fainting. I p i*i r -id. II. pfl.ni hua, § lie is requested to mind that he must obey his wife.