114 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIII, 



Note. 



I have been unable to translate the first line, as the collector 

 has not given the meanings of the obscure words therein. The 

 tooth is the wasp's sting. 



(VO TTfc TT* *T*JT, JTTf* ^5 ifTcTT, Usffr ai T5 fej? 



Translation. 



(1H) The fish has not got any head ; the tree lias not got 

 any leaves ; the bird does not lay any eggs, 



I shall pay one thousand rupees to him who can solve this 

 riddle. 



Answer.— The crab. The plant Euphorbia antiqvorum or 

 h. nenijolia.— The bat, 



XoU . 



The crab has not got any hea.l. The Euphorbia plant* do 

 not bear any leaves. The bat is. zoologically speaking, a mammal 

 and does not lay eggs. 



The word bhanghaite iHnrTT%), in this riddle, hears the 

 meaning " to solve a riddle" as it does in the riddle No. 14 



means " / shall give" 



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f*WH& SWT£S| SHCfefr cTTcf 5TT mz m 



tffarc: ^<>x\ ht!%% ^ T5 ^^ r ^ B 



<3Trc:-f%** i 



Translation, 



w - i « Tke room has been washed with water which has been 



rf°fu and , does not contain any clotted mud therein. 



it the golden en,, gets broken, the goldsmiths wages have 



not to be paid. 



Answer. — An egg. 



.Vote. 



The philological novelties m fchig .jddie are the word 

 Uluirklmn (nfcfc) meaning » ft, ^ », /5/a (wm ) meaniiiu 



toerem , km («*> meaning " <**«§ mud ".'and <p#» <***» 

 meaning - ; goldsmiths wages." 



CO I 



ltainin! g tJ! aS b iT n ,ikened *° a g ol< ^' "<l> <"' ««-«»» ,lt rf - * 



fining the yellm*-,;,,!,,,,,,,,, yolk, ft is f, 



for this reason that 



