93 KHYRPOOR WATER CLOCK. 



admit a golden pin that is in weight one 

 mashah, and is in length the breadth of five 

 fingers. The vessel is twelve fingers in dia- 

 meter. It is put into a bason of pure water, 

 in a place where it cannot be affected by the 

 wind, or shaken by any accident. When the 

 vessel is full of water, one ghurry is elapsed, 

 and in order to give information thereof to 

 those who are far or near, one stroke is given 

 upon the ghurryal; for two ghurries, two 

 strokes, and so on. When a Pahur is past, 

 they first ring the number of ghurries in the 

 Pahur slowly, and then reiterate them quickly. 

 The Emperor Baber, in his commentaries, says 

 as follows: ''Formerly at the end of every 

 pahur they rang only the number of ghurries, 

 so that the pahur was not known. I com- 

 manded that in future, after striking the 

 ghurry, they should also ring the number of 

 the pahur." 



The same author thus describes the Grhurryal : 

 — " The Ghurryal is an instrument made of 

 Httst Joash, resembling a frying pan, only 

 somewhat thicker, and is suspended by a 

 string." 



The following was the explanation given 



