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words. Circumstances have thrown me much amongst these men, and I 

 have taken advantage of this, to make an attempt to preserve some of the 

 vast amount of unwritten lore, which is so fast being forgotten. 



In this paper I have thrown into shape part of what I have collected 

 concerning Kalidasa : and if it meets with favour, and if time and health 

 permit, I may at some future time give similar legendary accounts of other 

 famous heroes and heroines of Mithila. With regard to the verses sprinkled 

 through the foregoing pages, my reading has been too limited for me to 

 assume that none of them have been printed before. It must suffice that 

 I do not remember meeting any of them in the usual collections of 

 apothegms, and if my memory has betrayed me, I shall be the first to wel- 

 come my error being pointed out. 



