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ments, in proportion to the superabundance, shall 

 remain. 



If, on the other hand, three kundees be cooked, 

 and but one thousand, or fewer, persons partake 

 thereof, they shall notwithstanding remain unsatis- 

 fied, although the whole shall have been eaten, should 

 the displeasure of God threaten the land with scar- 

 city. 



The actions of the Deo on the night of this day 

 are also minutely watched ; as his actions, as well as 

 words, are but the transient manifestations of the 

 Almighty will, totally unpremeditated, and unrecog- 

 nized by the Deo, they are noted as prophetic. — 

 Should he remain the night through in peaceful re- 

 pose, national repose is thence predicted ; should his 

 slumber, or his waking moments be ptrturhed, simi- 

 lar mishaps threaten the public weal, li", as hath 

 happened, he starts wildly from his seat or couch, 

 seizes a sword or spear, or makes any movements in- 

 dicating martial measures, a war, attended by cir- 

 cumstances deduced from the nature of" such move- 

 ments, is foretold. — Every circumstance of this kind 

 is carefully noted by persons employed by govern- 

 ment ; all is carefully considered, and reported ac- 

 cordingly, with appropriate inferences. 



The following is the miracle before hinted at, as 

 performed by Gabajee Deo, the only one that has 

 come to my knowledge, excepting that continued 

 one, as the Bramins affirm it to be, of miraculous 

 prodigality. Living beyond one's visible means, 

 seems a very loose argument in proof of a miracle, 

 and would, I apprehend, be susceptible of applica- 

 tion, too extensive to allow of its being considered 

 as legitimate. 



A WELL known Sahookar of Poona, named Trim- 

 BUK Das, had, for many years, laboured under a 

 cruel and unseemly disease, called here koora ; it 

 appears in white patches, of the size of a rupee, some 



larger, 



