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[V.8.] 
Adang rdtingo gion ki hati toyan ? 
Ning tali toyan, Pali Ram Bores, 
Palin Ramas ra vi ye nga rupayd, 
rupayd, ratingt i doluk 
inchhat 
Omchi li minchhat, gydbtingchi li ddkat, 
Ya pancho bdiyar, bekdidé ri ing toyin, 
Bektidd ringma, diware tahsil. 
Translation. 
There comes the second (middle) son of Bores ! 
By name Pala Ram Bores. 
PAlt Ram went to ris carpenter’s house and said :— 
“*O you wo geod s damsel, get up for a little while! 
We will sing a song.’ 
ho are you, to bid me sing a song at midnight ?”’ 
‘‘T am Pala Ram Bores, a son of the Bores family.” 
Pali Ram gave five rupees for a day, 
And one sheep for a night. 
His family is famous from old for its generosity , 
And well known at present too ! 
O friends, you do be. say rightly ! 
If we are not ri 
Then the Tashil aoc at Chini is always open. 
The Song of Loktas Negi of Kanam, named Zindup Darze 
Zindup Ram Loktas, the eldest son of Hiré Das Loktas, a 
very wealthy man in Kandéwar. 
The following song is in the Shumchho dialect :— 
Ya pancho baiydr, toshimug Yulchhung' ddm di, 
u-lyds 
Zi indup Darze bigyos, ‘Shilit? gents et den, 
Shilit multhango den, shishiri bajo, 
Shi shurin kumo, byord t thi digyos ? 
yora ta lonma, kan sang kanichi pral lon, 
Sherkhan tashpa tashgyos ? spice shu damya, 
i namanna digyo, ma zam nang g 
Shumchho ada zaémgyo , Chneaehe geen mijang, 
Baktdbart beta, Zindup Darze baiyar, 
Multhangi den thuredo, yen kéchydng khydgyos, 
Yen kdchying khydmd, shéhukdrpo gurbdi. 
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1 Yulchhung is another name of Spilo or Pilo, a village in Shumchho 
i. 
2 Shili, a sept of Kanets living in Kanam village. 
