Vol. VII, No. 9.] Ethnography of the Bashahr State. 587 
[N.8.] 
bathing. What is its name? It is a blackbird. Having 
caught it he carried it to his dwelling, and said to his queen. 
Durmandi, be pleased to cook it in a vessel, and put it on 
Love Sona. 
The song of Sautingi! Dambar (also called Chhakoling 
Dambar), the deity of Labrang village, and his grokch or 
ditwd%, who was also called Chhakoling Dambar, and who fell 
in love with a damsel, but was forbidden by his parents to 
post and who went on a trip with his beloved by the deotd’s 
order. 
Sautingt: Démbar bigyos, Thongling* gomfdo, 
Thongling gomfad kumo, shum dyari beshi, 
Bdtangi anglang ma toyi, shum dydri damyd, 
Man-bani. jabak tire, ront lo ganthum. 
Parmio jabik baskyang, man-bant jabak tire, 
Sautingt Ddmbar lotash, Pudni® chhéng ham tash? 
Ijap kimo birayit, nyotang téwa kdnachi, 
Nyotang téwdé kdnachi, kyo shang dang gonmd. 
Kyo shang dang gonmd, wart chaldte, 
Nesh neshi bimd, Kharchung * danio den, 
Khérchung danio den, sémné sunchyd gyos, 
Chhdkoling Démbar , shumjap dhdlang gyos, 
Shumjap dhdlang gyos, doshang tha lan rayin, 
Ijap sheli bitak, haches palthyd tak. 
Translation. 
Sautingi Dambar went to the temple of Thongling, 
Where he stayed three days. 
No reply about the matter came in three days, 
But he got his parents’ reply, which was as hard as a knot 
Instead of his darling’s reply, he got his parents’ answer. 
Sautingi Dambar said then: ‘‘ Where 1s Puan’s son?”’ 
reese 
i Santinga Dambar or Chhakoling Dambar is the deity of Labrang, 
a village in Shawé pargand. e grokch, in whose body the deity 
‘play,’ is also named Santinga Dambar or Chhékoling Dambar. 
2 brang. 
8 Puan or Pawas, a sept of Kanets found in Labrang. 
+ In Labrang. 
