xlii Annual Address. [February, 1915. 
the living bard of Rajputana. He knew that there are 
neither elephants nor armoured horses in the present European. 
war, but he could not possibly think of a great battle without. 
them. Here is the passage in question: 
zat 
qafsa quate ae) Fa aT aga | 
ae Sat ag cat) arsi wT ange | 
Bt slew 
WS Ban tan wae we) ywea Wea wag ue | 
wala Baia aa went) aH sia Rag feat az ath 
wa Sa fatex dex at) fae ara qarays uz sat | 
q aq agi Ht aN sei we qs cas gq we ce) 
UIA Ba se ucat| fay sta Fa cat avait | 
US HA qe wea wari ufsdt aw wa cde WaT 
HC an we BE Tege faadie sac van we! 
HT AT RSH UH UAT! Tetm ata aq faut 
“In the Belgian field of war, the egregious heroes fight 
(standing so boldly that their heads seem to touch) the sky. 
Earth and sky are covered by smoke and fire comes down in 
phants drop down (dead), and armoured horses and champions 
fall reverse. (So helplessly they fall), as acrobats who on the 
music suddenly coming to a stop, drop down confused from the 
air, head foremost; or as monkeys which, half-overtaken by sleep, 
loosen the grasp of their hands and tumble down from a rock 
to the earth. With increasing excitement, the warriors go on 
dealing blows with their swords in their hands; heads drop 
off, and headless bodies remain on saddle, their feet entangled 
in the stirrups, till at last they fall to the ground together 
with the horses. Now, this is the comparison I give of them : 
