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3. Sbekh Muniruddin, son of Mydi, inhabitant of Umerbati, expressed in bis 

 deposition, — " About 12 o'clock p. m. on Friday of Phalgun, tbe date of which I have 

 forgot, the clouds being gathered together, began to rain, and a little after, many fish, 

 large and small, began to fall from the sky. I picked up some of them and carried 

 to my house, but I did not like to taste any of them. I know no more of this 

 account." 



4. Fakirchand Chang, inhabitant of Nagdi, was called in, and declared in his 

 deposition, "That in the month of Phalgun, the date and clay of which have escaped 

 my memory, at 12 o'clock p. m, the sky began to be cloudy, and to rain little ; while 

 I was sitting in the front part of my cottage, I observed a mirgal, and some other 

 fish, bodulis, &c. of different size, fall from the sky. I picked up about five or six of 

 these fish to satisfy my curiosity, but afterwards threw them away, and did not eat 

 them at all. This is my account." 



5. Shekh Chaudhari Ahmed, son of Mutiullah, inhabitant of Nagdi, relates 

 in his deposition, " That I had been doing my work at a meadow, where I per- 

 ceived at the hour of 12 o'clock, the sky gather clouds, and began to rain slightly, 

 then a large fish touching my back by its head fell on the ground. Being surprised, 

 I looked about, and behold a number of fish likewise fell from heaven ! they 

 were said, sale, guzal, mirgal, and bodul. I took 10 or 11 fish in number, and I 

 saw many other persons take many — then I returned home, I looked at heaven, 

 and I saw like a flock of birds flying up, but these my perceptions was not clear 

 enough. Amongst these fish, many were found rotten, without heads, and others 

 fresh and perfect ; and amongst the number which I had got, five were fresh, and 

 the rest stinking and headless. 



6. Shekh Turikullah, inhabitant of Nagdi, 12 years of age, declared in his 

 deposition, " That in the month of Phalgun, on a certain Friday, I do not recollect 

 the date, while I was sitting in my own house, I perceived a number of fish fall 

 from the sky, some of them on the roof of my cottage ; one of them was large, 

 about one cubit, and three seers in weight. I know no more." 



7. Shekh Suduruddin, inhabitant ofNagdi, was called in, and declared in his 

 deposition, saying, " On Friday, at 12 o'clock p, m. in the month of Phalgun, I 

 do not recollect the date, when I was at work in a field, I perceived the sky darkened 

 by clouds, began to rain a little, and a large fish fell from the sky. I was confounded 

 at the sight, and soon entered my small cottage, which I had there, but I came out 

 again as soon as the rain had ceased, and found every part of my hut scattered 

 with fish, they were boduli, mirgal, and nouchi, and amounted to 25 in num- 

 ber. — I know no more." 



8. Shekh Katbuddin, inhabitant ofNagdi, relates in his deposition, saying, "At 

 12 o'clock p. m. of Friday of Phalgun, the date I forget ; as I was coming 

 frown the fields, I saw a number of fish spread on the bank of a nala. I picked 

 up six of them, viz. two boduli, two mirgal, and two nouchi , besides these, there 

 were many other fish of numerous kinds, and they were witnessed by many persons 

 who were there. Some of these fish were fresh, but others rotten and without 

 heads. I know no more." 



9. Sree Dipchundru Bundopadhya, son of Puncharam Bundopadhya, inhabitant of 

 Sobindi, aged 45 years, declared in his deposition, " That in the month of Phalgun, 

 I cannot recollect the date, seeing the sky commenced to gather clouds, I sat 



down near the door of a workman's cottage ; it was then precisely 12 o'clock, 

 when a drizzling rain began to fall ; and at the same time, two boduli fish fell 

 down from heaven. I soon got up nd marched on, and in the midst of the road, 



