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called khuntd-gdr {" driver in of a peg ") and is lucky : but if it 

 points upwards, it is called hhUntd-ukhdr (" uprooter of the peg ") 

 and is baleful ; buy not the horse, even if you get it cheap. 



A feather inside the top of the fore-arm is called bhujbal 

 (strength to the fore-arm) ; keep the horse and ride it. 



Two feathers at the roots of the ears or on the top of the head 

 are called arhaU If there is only one such feather it is unlucky. 



One feather at the root of the mane is called sdpan} If there 

 is only one on one side, it is unlucky ; but if there is one feather on 

 each side, it is lucky and is called ndg.^ 



If there are several such feathers, the number on one side even 

 and on the other odd, don't accept that horse even as a gift. In 

 short, do not buy a horse having an odd number of feathers, but 

 buy one with an even number. 



Any feather that comes under the saddle is called chatur-bang * 

 and is considered unlucky, especially by the Rajputs. Don't buy 

 a horse with such a feather ; don't even let one stay in your 

 village. 



If a feather occurs on the sdghiri ^ it is called danh-ujdr ^ and is 

 avoided by high and low. 



CHAPTER IV 



TRADITIONAL 7 DEFECTS 

 According to Islam there are two chief defects, one brings ill- 

 luck, the other is a fault in temper : the first is arjal ; ^ the second 

 being unsteady and difficult to mount {bad-rikdb). These are the 

 only two defects mentioned in the Traditions of the Prophet. 



1 In the Zinat^ 'l-Khayl feathers are also so called if found on the 

 temples, or on both sides of the chin. 



2 Sdpan or sdnptn, H., a female snake ; also a disease in which the 

 hair falls off. In Panjabi sdnpan is an earthworm. 



3 Nag has many meanings, bat in this connection it probably means 

 " cobra." 



* Also chatar-hhang ; according to some dealers, a feather on one side 

 of the withers. This word is doubtless a corruption of the Sanskrit 

 chhatra-bhang, " breaking the royal umbrella," i.e., ruin to dominion. 



^ The space betweeen the anus and the yard ; also the anus. 



^ Sting-uprooter ? 



7 * JJyuh-i shar'i. 



8 In Kindi jamdut; having one hiud white; either leg; vide page 9. 



