250 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [May, 1911. 
Tue TALE OF A JACKAL AND A TIGER, 
O re Chin-man-nie, 
' Ka bold jt mahara; * 
Sdto sio r6j khat thie, 
Eki sié ka kari aj ? 
*O you Chan-man-ni! ’ 
‘What do you say, my Lord ? 
‘We used to breakfast on seven tigers, 
What are we to do to-day with only one ?’ 
The tale runs thus :—In a forest there lived a pair of jac- 
kals. One day a tiger happened to arrive near their den. See- 
ing the danger approach, the jackal exclaimed to his wife :— 
**Q you Chén-man-ni!’’ The wife replied, ‘‘What do you say, . 
my Lord?’’ The jackal said: ‘‘ We were breakfasting every 
day on seven tigers, what shall we do to-day with only one ? 
Thereupon the tiger being greatly afraid of the jackals, ran 
for his life. 
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(2) PROVERBS. 
(1) Appé kuri ghar na bashdt, 
Hordni sikh dashdi. 
‘* The girl does not live at her husband’s, 
But she gives hints to other women.”’ 
(To show negligence on one’s own part.) 
(2) Ard, biyd lara, 
Ard, ja% na kinde. 
‘* Friend, you fought very well! ”’ 
‘* O friend, I couldn’t escape ! ”’ 
The story goes that once a musician (¢dri) used to go every 
evening to the temple at Koti village. One evening when 
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and it ran away. A man who happened to witness the 
said ‘‘ Friend, you fought very well.’? He replied, ‘‘ Frie 
couldn’t escape.’’ See 
(Used when one is compelled to do any thing by force.) 
(3) Dhanu rat 4 tau parj tatyin bi lago. 
‘If the bow is all right, the string can be strung 
again. ’’ 
(Used when one’s offspring or wife is dead.) 
(4) Tan nd chetai andha, 
Jan shir né lagai kandha. 
‘A blind man will not know, 
Till his head hits against the wall.’’ 
(A Kéiigré proverb.) 
