Vol. VII, No. 9.] Ethnography of the Bashahr State. 605 
[N.8.] 
143. ‘* Man totat shokrang.’’ 
Mother is ill, therefore an orphan. 
144. ‘* Rang den ma pustang di-shen, 
Ti dang mé pustang pon sall.’’ 
To halloo before reaching the sum 
To put off one’s shoes before racking the stream. 
145. ‘‘ Ra’ch md-estang, rd’chi chhu-rid.’’ 
. A rope for tying up the calf before its birth. 
146. ‘ Chhogat bérang bdgé, zander bérang diré.’’ 
Last in learning, but first in eating. 
147. ‘* Khass rang bima pabangé 
akhor rang bima dhar khangé.”? 
You will find a meadow, if you go Abit the sheep, 
But a precipice, if you go with the goa 
148, ‘* Petingi tanges jampring.’’ 
To die for the stomach’s sake ! 
149. ‘* Petingt tanges sannydm shyo.’’ 
Charity lost for the belly’s sake ! 
150. ‘* Fécht chhang melchas dathi.”” 
Day by day the young of the ass gets uglier! 
151. ‘* Féchi walang fdngs.’’ 
It is useless to give an ass hay. 
152. ‘‘ Féchds sdngd golchhing méekstang, golchhdng md nésh.’? 
The ass does not recognize the moon till it is full. 
153. ‘‘ Thang mi dala ukhydngi shé.’’ 
The fair was spoilt by the Thangi! men’s delay. 
154. ‘‘ Tété shi-shi méchénang.’’ 
He got a tinder box after his grandfather’s death. 
155. ‘‘ Ho ho shapthang radi wpdshang.’’ 
He calls ‘‘ho-ho” and fasts for eight days. 
156. ‘* An urchho, mango fyurcho.’’ 
mee sie on a — box, was cast away in a dream. 
1A viltage in Inner -Tukpé pargand, 
