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reached Andreta, with the hill, he heard a night bird uttering sounds like a 
woman pounding rice and thinking it was morning, devoted to such sounds, he 
dropped the small hill for a while at Andreta but the Sal took root and the hill 
could not be moved further. 
Paprrt KA MOoOoLk. 
Pappi Ka Moolk or the Country of Sin, otherwise known under its present 
name of Nirvana, is close to Palampur along the short cut road between it and 
Dharamsala. It is said in legend that ‘‘a long time ago”’ there dwelt here a 
king who became enamoured of his own daughter. Fearing the Brahmins he 
called them in council and put them the following three questions, the answers 
to which of course by the time serving priests were favourable :— 
1. ‘If I had a valuable article should I keep it or throw it away?” 
2. “IfI had a valuable mare should I use itin the saddle or throw it away?” 
3. ‘Ifthe mare had a filly should I not use it?” 
The chief promptly set about his wedding ceremonies, but on the day of the 
wedding the whole of this little Kingdom was swept away by God in his wrath. 
Most of my jottings emanate from Kangra though some are culled from the 
United Provinces. Kangra is the only bit of India that escaped Moghal or 
Mahomedan invasion. The Rajputs of this little bit of India.—Dogras—are the 
proudest of a proud race, unsullied by Mahomedan blood, and an ordinary 
petty landhold does not consider it an honour done him if a ruling prince in 
India chooses his daughter or sister for a bride. 
In conclusion, I lay no claim to being a naturalist but only an ordinary 
observer with the gift of knowing well many dialects spoken in this vast penin- 
sula which, with the exception of Madras, I have wandered over from end te 
end during a fairly long life. 
J. FITZPATRICK. 
AHMEDABAD. 
