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‘«< Are you well, Chhattar Maifidup, 
Why have you come down ?”’ 
He replied : ‘‘ I have come down to report the mur- 
der of Narayan Das, 
For that I am coming by day and night. ”’ 
The Tahsildar replied : ‘* No, not so, I believe that 
Narayan Das is all right, 
The people of Gatigyul bring down false reports.’ 
Chhattar Maiiidup replied: ‘‘ No, ’tis not false.’’ 
‘Tf it be true, I must report the matter to Rém- 
pur.’’ 
An order came from Rampur saying, ‘‘ O Jitbar, 
Tahsildar of Chini, ; 
Go at once to enquire into the case on the very 
spot. 
The Tahsild4r then went up for the enquiry to 
Khago,! 
And at Ropa in the Tholpa’s * house, 
Where the widow was weeping for her husband. 
The Tahsildér then said, ‘ You ought not to 
weep.” 
p- 
“We will go down together. Where’s the carpen- 
ter’s son ? 
Make a coffin for the body.’’ In a short time the 
coffin was ready. 
Then going down and ever down, they came after 
two days : 
To the village of Jatigi,’ the Mishpon’s * house. 
The tahsildar then gave order to cremate the body, 
And in a short time the cremation rite was done. 
XI.—Tue Sone or Sanam Gur SasadKdr or Lier. 
The following song gives an account of the Chini tahsil- 
dar Jitbar Negi’s asking the rich man of the Lippa village, by 
name Sanam Gurd, to lend him two ponies for bringing down 
the revenue money of the Chini Tahsil. : 
Yochdl6é den té, i kdgli buda, 
da hight budé, markhondé Lippé., 
markhond Lippa, baktabart. goré ; 
1 Khago means a saddle bet i 
Py “rs ween two hills. 4 
in Shed pr mmr name of a sept of Kanets living in Rop4 village 
digi is a large village i ‘ , 
4 Mi ‘ age in Shaw4 pargand. or 
Mishpon is asept of Kanets living in Jéiigi village in Shows 
