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Ndla (also spelled Nullah}, A water-course usually meaning a dry water- 

 course. 



Nay (Nakin) Sahib ! Horn kaisa ? No, Sir ! How can 1 ? 

 Nilgae (lit. * Blue Cow.') (Portax pictus or Boselaphus tragoc amelus). The 

 blue-bull. The largest of the Indian antelopes, of a distinctly bovine 

 type. Stands 14 hands at the wither. 

 Pagri (Puggarfy Turban. Head cloth. 



folds (Butea frondosa ). The kino tree. A bush rather than a tree. Bears 

 bunches of magnificent flame-coloured flowers growing from Corollas as of 

 sage-green velvet, and has strong hard leaves. 

 Paldtl. The stalks or plants of cotton. 



Pane hay at. Committee or village conclave of five respectable members. 

 Pardah. Purdah. Curtain. State of seclusion or segregation. 

 Pati'l. Hereditary head-man of an Indian village. 

 pawnee (correctly Pant]. Water. 



Pipal. (Ficus religiosa). The Indian pipal fig. A large tree with light 

 roundish leaves turning to a sudden point. Light-coloured trunk. Rarely 

 found far from human habitations. Its piercing roots will in time destroy 

 the best-built lime-set wall. 

 Pipalda. * The water by the pipal tree.' 

 Pug (pa?). Footmark. Footprint. 



" Qui-hi \ " (correctly "Koi hai ? " or " Is there anybody there > "). A sum- 

 mons to an Indian servant by his master, and of the nature of ' ' What ho 

 without ! " 

 Rabi. The cold-weather or later crop ; usually consisting of low crops, as 



wheat, linseed, gram (pea), vetches, etc. 



Ramnah or Rumnah. Stretch of grass-land set apart for the Cutting of dry grass. 

 Rausa (Andropogon Martini). An Indian grass (lemon grass) from which a 

 strong fragrant oil is distilled, of great commercial value, as it forms the 

 basis of Egyptian and Turkish scents, and is largely exported for that purpose. 

 Rlnghi. A light cart drawn by trotting bullocks. 

 Rumdl. Kerchief. 

 Sahib. (Sahel)\ Lord. Master. A term generally used by natives of India to 



denote a European, and sometimes considerably misused. 



Salai (Boswellia thurifera). An extremely common gregarious tree. Leaf- 

 less from December to June. Tortuous, twisted, whitish-yellow, scaly, 

 soft branches. Exudes a strong frankincense-like gum. As yet of no 

 apparent use as timber or anything else. 

 Samalu. A weedy willow-like bush, growing in beds of streams. 



