566 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [September, 1911. 
What is his name 2? 
His name is Jitbar tasildar. 
XII.—Nrci SHamBut Rim’s Sona, ! 
Composed in 1899 in the Shumchho dialect. 
Hun bimig haché, rigen Changmang, sintangd, 
Rigen Chéngmang sdéntango, Shambhi aa Negi, 
hambhi: Rim Negi, shum koldung ka 
Shum koldung kayang, girdngt laeku aed: 
Zat diré hat tash? Zak diré tashd, : 
Zau diré tasha, Shambhii Rim N egt. 
a? Ad Shambhi: Rim, girdngt Ldbrang thd- 
Girdng Lébrang thajanhi, did parmi bite, 
Aid parmi bunmd, garbani d’b shwashd, 
Ulpai hanzéru garban, garban nish héché. 
Translation. 
Now must we ito go to the temple courtyard called 
hangmang. 
Where is Negi Shaina Ram, 
Whose body is very fat, 
And who is one of our worthy sons ? 
Who is first in the danc 
anni is the son of Loktas,? by name Shambhi 
O a son Shambhi Ram, you should not go to 
Sathines t if you go there, a second wife will come for 
you 
And if she comes, the house will % divided, 
And there will be two in one hom 
XITI.—Tuer Sone or THE PANpiIvT. 
Bashaharé minchhat, Tiké Réam Pandit, 
gydlbou eer. Tikd Séhbis gurk. 
Bashthart shydnd, héli darsan pares gydch ; 
omsk6 dhélangsmig sansér, nyumskd dhdlangsmig-des. 
Oe a 
ambha Rém Negi is the son of Ram rigger 9 Loktas of Kanam 
village in in Shawa bo8 ae “4 ape and headman of that v 
8 & forest some miles above Li pa ilies: 
8 esas ‘etept of Kanets found in Kanam village: 
brang, a village in Shawa pargané in aone of Kénam. 
