Vol. ae a 0. 9.) Ethnography of the Bashahr State. 555 
Jethdro Lawipd Loktast chhang Zor 
Loktast chhdng Zork, chhé khabari sine ? 
Hed td chhé khabari, girat acho tugdtash, 
Télingshyd Kérgyut Acho Kérgyut lotash, 
Ang bdiche Kdlan, kint hat mé sheshchak ? 
Hén tak ma hin tak, gyalbou arbé lantak, 
wi khélydyit, pated silili shétak. 
Télingshyd Rito, katichha Gaigyulpat chhang, 
Halé chhulé zabén nang, uabtiny marjydd ma-lin, 
Marjyad ma lanma, thag-tug tungi chhé-lamd. 
Translation, 
** OQ Zort, son of Loktas 
What’s the news from the Lawi fair at Raémpar ?”’ 
‘* What other news is there? Your at brother 
Kargyut of Taling village is coming u 
And his brother Kargyut said, 
**O brother Kalan Pur, who does not know you ? 
I can, I'll petition His Highness for your release.’’ 
‘©O victorious king, I have a ae be pleased to 
release Kalan Pur, I’ll pay the fine.’’ 
But the tongue of the Gafigyul * man’s younger son, 
argyut, 
Is not staunch, for afterwards he did not keep his 
wor 
If a man does not keep his word, it is useless for 
him to eat and drink. 
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A Historical Song. 
The following song describes the late Tiké Raghunéth 
Singh’s escape from Bashéhr to Sirmir in 1883, owing to his 
dislike of the proposed matrimonial alliance with Majidi, which 
he was afterwards induced to accept, Wazir Ran Bahédur 
Singh being then his trusted adviser. His attendants were.not 
thrown into jail, but were sent by the Superintendent of the 
Simla Hill States to Jung4, where they were received by the 
Raja of Keonthal as his guests. 
Tika Scéhibas lotash, dng hushydri him tan ? 
wazirt, 
ingh, 
Ran Bahddras lotash, thi ringtoyin maharaj ? 
! Loktas, a sept of Kuanets, found in Kanam, a village of Shuwa 
2 The name of a ghori as well as that of a dialect. 
