296 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVII, 
give due weight to this view. Padmacandra’s second remark 
deals with the contents of our gsung bshad, and is also of 
interest. He says that the appositeness of the reply is always 
very delicately judged and that the listeners are difficult to 
satisfy and ready to condemn. So, he says, for instance the 
second reply in I (No. 4) does not fit and would lead to the 
girl being declared defeated. A correct answer would be as 
follows :— 
sarge ose eye oo -m 
ers NAA] 
—_—O be est S 
aye 9 a] SING ST | 
~~ 
~ Nae ~— 
ANAS P ANAT HA ] 
ON ~ Lana 
QAR SRANaNA'AAy |] 
The boy covertly invites the girl to join him, in No. 3, and 
the answer should be: i you want me come to me :— 
The ripples on the water tremble 
According to the directions the wind blows. 
O golden bird, don’t hesitate, 
Come and fly over the river.! 
Though at a first reading the three pieces may seem 
e. Atten- 
tive reading will soon make that clear. They are all three a . 
quarrel ending ina reconciliation. They all end with an 
without them. I hope that this first case of literary collabora- 
tion of a Tibetan lady will meet with the interest it deserves. 
ADDENDUM. 
The chief burden of this paper is to present samples and 
an analysis of the Tibetan gsung bshad. The parallels are 
secondary. The comparison with the Malagasy variety im- 
bearings is, however, beyond my competence and must be left 
to experts. From the interesting discussion following the 
! For aay in line 2 ya may be written; for BA in line 3 345" 
and for ax in line 4 aqx, 
