THE LAY OF SAINT LINGO. 



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Let us get him to tlie jangle, 

 Kill him there, and [)ull his eyes 



out. 

 Hares and antelopes we've hunted, 

 Now Ave'll hunt our little Lingo. 

 Bread or water let us touch not 

 Till we've played a game of 



marbles 

 With the eyes of faithless Lingo." 

 Then they went and wakened 



Lingo, 

 Saying, " Rise, our youngest 



brother." 

 And he rose, and wondering asked 



them 

 Why so late they had returned, 

 Bringing nothing from the forest. 

 And they answered, " Lo, a 



Creature, 

 Mighty strong, appeared before us ; 

 And we fought him with our 



arrows. 

 But this mighty Creature fell not, 

 Neither fled he ; come then with 



us." 

 Then rose Lingo, and before them 

 Stalked he on into tlie forest, 

 To the forest-shade primeval. 

 Looked for traces of the Creature 

 In the grass, among the bushes; 

 But this mighty Creature saw not. 

 Then they sat them down and 



rested 

 By the tree called Sarekata. 

 And the Brothers went for water, 

 Went and pondered how to kill 



him ; 



And returning softly, liidden 



]^y the stoui of S:'irek;Ua, 



From tlieir bows four arrows sped 



they, 

 liulrush shafts, at holy Lingo. 

 Split his skull was, pierced his 



neck was, 

 Cleft the liver was of Lingo. 

 Down he dropped, and out his 



life passed. 

 By the Tree called Sarekata. 

 Then a knife they took and 



gouged him, 

 Out the eyes they bored of Lingo ; 

 In a hole they put the body ; 

 Strewed it over with some 



branches ; 

 Pulled some leaves and made a 



goblet 

 For the bored-out eyes of Lingo ; 

 Tied it up into a waistcloth, 

 Hied them homeward to their 



wigwams ; 

 Called their wives, and lit some 



torches, 

 Blazing torches made of flax- 

 stalks ; 

 Played their horrid game of 



marbles 

 With the bored-out eyes of Lingo. 



So the Brothers four of Lingo 

 And those seven nice young 



women 

 Chucked his eyes about like 



marbles 

 For an hour's time by the torch- 



Ji-lit. 



III.— THE EESURRECTION OF LINGO, AND DELIVERY 

 OF THE GONDS. 



In the Court of great Bhagwantdl 

 Sat the Deities assembled ; 

 Sat they in the Upper World, 

 Wondering where, in earthly 

 regions, 



Lay the body of their Lingo : 

 Wondered much, but nothing 



knew they 

 In Avhat region it had fallen. 

 Then Bhagwantdl took a basin, 



