Vol. Me No. 9.] Ethnography of the Bashahr State. 565 
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Da kagli buda, Sanam Guruai gudo, 
dch6é ia lotash, bayd ki batchanyin, 
bayd ta Idtash, dchd ki banchanyin. 
Achos té baiichashid, poshbangu den ta-ta, 
nt kdglt kum6, byord ta thii dush ? 
byoré ta lonmd, Tahsildért byoro, 
Tahsildéri byoré, ram ram shahikar, 
nydtang tawd kénayd skyo-rdng dang gonma ; 
shum barshangt thurt, kachuk md-toyi gonma. 
Rupaydi bérang skyubmé, Sanam Gurt shéhikar, 
Sanam Gurt shahikdr, gered thoring jetaké, 
lumshis gered thoring, gydbten rupaydt bdrang. 
shong shongi bunmd, Chi-ni-% Tahsilo, 
Sanam Gurus létash, rém rém Tahsildar ; 
Pahsilddr lonmd, Kharyén bhandari, 
Kharydn banddrit, némang thii dugyo ? 
Ndmang, té lonma, Jitbar Tahsildar. 
Translation. 
From down country, there came a letter. 
The letter arrived at the plain of Lippa,' 
In the house of the rich man, and of 
A rich man’s son. What is his name ? 
The elder brother is called Sanam Gurt, 
And the younger Sanam Ram. 
The letter was handed over to Sanam Gur. 
The elder said : ‘‘O younger brother, read it,’’ 
And the younger said, ‘‘ O elder brother, you may 
e. oF 
r ; 
The elder read it, placing it on his knees. 
What is written in it ? 
It contains the message of the Chini tahsildar :— 
*¢ Good morning to you, O rich man, 
Please send a pair of ponies, a male and a female, 
A male of three years and a mare that has not 
foaled. 
O Sanam Gura Shdéhikdér, they are wanted to carry 
down the revenue-money.’’ 
Sanam Gurt, riding on a mule, 
And putting the money behind him, 
And then coming down and ever down, reached 
Chini tahsil, 
And did obeisance to the tahsildar. 
The tahsildar is of the Kharyan® sept, formerly a 
store-keeper. 
! Lippa is the name of a large village in Shawa pargand, 
2 Kharyan is a sept of Kanets in Péiigi village in Shaw4 pargana. 
