112 Captain James Low on Bupp a and the Phrabdt. 
No. 57. 
Mangkaro is the aquatic monster called Manghkan by the Siamese, and 
which occupies the place of our Capricorn in their sphere. 
It seems to be the same as the Sanscrit Macara, whose figure shone on the 
banners of love, or KamADEvA; and which, in the songs of JAYADEVA, so ele- 
gantly paraphrased by Sir W. Jones, is represented as a horned shark. The 
representation of it on the Phrabdt we are describing, is a sort of horned 
alligator, and very nearly corresponds with the Japanese Dsya Tats dsya, 
exhibited by Kempfer in his History of Japan. He says the Japanese 
believe it dwells at the bottom of the sea, and is a huge long four-footed 
snake, scaly all over the body like the crocodile.* 
No. 58. 
Karawiko. In the Siamese language Nok karawek, the melodious bird of 
Paradise. 
It is here represented without feet, and is so far distinct from the Chinese 
and Japanese J’00, as exhibited by the learned Kempfer in his History of 
Japan,} which is an Argus pheasant. 
This Joo only visits the earth upon some great occasion, such as the birth 
of a Sesin, or benevolent Sage. 
The Karawiko has a good deal of the appearance, in shape at least, of 
the bird known in Europe by the name of the bird of Paradise ; which, in 
truth, without its tail, would be considered a very ugly magpie. 
The notion which long prevailed, that the Indian bird of Paradise had no 
feet, has been of course long exploded. The fact being, that the bird- 
catchers cut them off because they are long and unseemly. 
The Malacca bird of Paradise is termed by the Siamese Karawek. 
The Bali Karawiko lived in the hill Kant,hare watsati, in Himala; and 
it may be observed, that all their fabulous animals and birds are represented 
as existing among the Himala hills. 
The Siamese Kai/a, literally Fowl of the Sky, is a beautiful species of the 
peacock, or Argus pheasant t 
ninth Jaina god, called PusHpADANTA. 
+ Tab. ix. fig. 7. 
+ The woods of Siam, and the Peninsula of Malacca, shelter birds of the most splendid plu- 
mage, from the quail up through the numerous varieties of the partridge and jungle cock, to the 
