Vol. VII, No. 9.) Ethnography of the Bashahr State. 609 
[N.S.] 
193. 
194. 
195. 
or 
196, 
for) 
201. 
po) 
202. 
bo 
203. 
w 
204. 
** Kolas shyao khur.’’ 
A knife for tender meat. 
‘* Nadas bit md-ringch, chhesmis jara md-ringch.”’ 
A place never ren Ee “go away, ” and a woman never 
says ‘* come here 
** Rokert ate kher panchi-shyd.’’ 
Brother Rokerti has lost his case. (Cf. No. 187). 
** Boté ti shydd khur.’’ 
Water in the curds, and a knife in the meat: i.e., mix 
as much water as you can with curds, and ‘stick 
your knife into the meat as far as it will go. 
‘* Nukri lan lin tukri.’’ 
Only a bit of bread after hard service. 
‘* Wabang pangatas zampring.’’ 
There is death in evil company. 
‘* Mi khyampos deshéng fyonté, 
kut khydmpos aihiny rungto.’’ 
Immigrants ruin a country, but a dog watches a 
‘* Rok kagui majang thog kag.’’ 
A white crow among the jackdaws. 
‘*Tud krabgyo, thid wddo.’’ 
Debts weep and credit laughs. 
‘* Chhang manu da bolté, rin hed da bolté.’’ 
A child thrives Nok its mother, and a debt grows 
against the debto 
‘“* Manu zuiya chhang den, chhangt ziyd pan den.”’ 
The mother’s heart is with her son, and the son’s with 
his bread. 
‘© Mi rint yothang ma shich , 
Pyd pomu yothang ma shich.’ 
A man does not die under his debt, or a bird beneath 
the snow. 
‘* Shydlik-chti dirang.”’ 
The first place to a jackal. 
