404 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [Nov., 1914. 



between one poem and another. The MS. is apparently about 

 two hundred years old, and in many parts the paper has 

 become crumbly so that some leaves are broken into pieces and 

 margins have broken away. Each page comprises from 9 to 

 15 lines of writing, and each line from 20 to 28 aksaras. The 

 writing is generally accurate and clear. 



The MS. contains a collection of the poems of Sadu Malo, 

 a Carana who lived at the time of Akbar. These are the 

 following : 



(a) *F<jTwr »fRr^r 5?kT*Tfafwr TT, from p. 15a to p. 22b, 

 in 15 stanzas. It begins : 



and ends : 



fNnr itm sftertT *k 5i>5rTiit i 



Uf^t TT« Ht^ sHrt *TTtfh?r I! ^ « 



The eponymous hero is the well-known king of Bikaner. 



(&) WJTfln X\m sr("cTrqf*=rg^t *i"), from p. 27a to p. 356, also 



in 15 stanzas. Five lines at the top of the first and second 

 page are broken into pieces and partly lost. It ends : 



ftT ^reret wft *? sffaro *nn^ 



The subject of the poem is evidently the famous rana of 

 Mevara, also contemporary with Akbar. 



(c) *pnr ^^^ ufc^n^ ^ from p 37a t0 p m> in 



8 stanzas. It begins : 



,and ends : 



^JT^r^T^cT fdircf^IJI *K ^t <j? , 



^^t: ^sft \mifc WW® *fa T B ^ n 



(d) snfa, from p. 47a to p. 746. A collection of 48 gitas, 



beginning : 



and ending : 



^TJT«T ^ wt? irf jr=r sftm; j 



WTftcT f^Of %« 35^ ^rr JTJTT ** 



II 



stanzas. It begins : 



^ *Ct, from p. 75a 



f<T<T HJIcT Xl*f*H KJlcT U^ ^ , 



