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with much thanksgiving, to that great Brahma 

 of all Brahmas,* to whom all other gods, and 

 even demons, pay homage, through whose mercy 

 and forgiveness of thy neglect and transgressions 

 thy bodily vigour will have been restored, and 

 the days of thy enjoyment in the splendour of 

 the mighty and flaming chief rulerf of the moon 

 prolonged." 



A sound, as of ten thousand tom-toms, J struck 

 at once seemed to the delighted rajah a manifes- 

 tation of the messenger's authority. It rever- 

 berated on his ear for hours together, after he had 

 awakened from his second trance ; and, im- 

 pressed with a belief that the invisible powers 

 had thus intimated a disposition to take him 

 under their especial protection, and that, conse- 

 quently, it was his bounden duty to obey com- 

 mands so mysteriously conveyed, the rajah, 

 placing the palms of his hands across his fore- 

 head, and bending to the ground, prayed for 

 strength to act in obedience to the Ossah Pollah 



* Brahmata-Brahma, a name of Budhoo. 



f Anadewara, also a name of Budhoo. 



J Native drums ; of which there are four kinds, generally 

 made of jack-wood, and covered with deer-skin, from which 

 the hair has been previously removed. It is laid on in a wet 

 state, and dried in the sun. 



