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within a fortnight, he (the judge) should anxiously make him pay the 

 property (disputed) and also a fine, — if (the misfortune) befalls him 

 alone, and not all the people (at the same time). Sickness, a confla- 

 gration (of accused's house, etc.), the death of relations, heavy fever, 

 eruptions, and deep-seated pains in the bones,, disease of the eyes or 0£ 

 the throat, madness, disease of the head, and the breaking of an arm, are 

 the diseases which befall men, (coming) from god." Misfortunes coming 

 from the gods (are) such as the death of relations. By the (words) . 

 " (If it befalls) him alone," epidemics, such as cholera (mari), are 

 excluded. As in this (passage) by the. (word), " his" the before-men- 

 tioned accused is referred to, sickness and the like are a sign of a 

 false (oath), only (if they befall) the accused, and not (if they happen) 

 to his sons or other (relations). And such (illness) ought, as before 

 mentioned, to be grave, not trifling. With reference to this (last 

 point) Vacaspatiniicra (gives us) the meaning (of the passages J : 



" Uncommon sickness (which befalls) the accused is a sign of a false 

 (oath). Therefore i^ is also declared that the death, not the sickness, 

 of relations (is a sign, of the accused's perjury)," 



Rough Notes on some of the Antiquities in the Gayd District, ~ 



By W. Peppe, Esq. 



[Received 20th November, 1865.] 



About 11 miles from Graya, on the Patna road, there is a small 

 village and bazar called Newree ; on the right of the road there is a small 

 temple on a mound with one or two large pepul trees round it. There 

 are several figures lying about, and there is a slab on the pucka 

 terrace of the temple, representing a prince on horseback with attend- 

 ants,- one holding an umbrella or chatta over him ; others are carrying 

 various articles ; one has two vessels slung on a pole, much in the same 

 way as pilgrims now carry the Ganges water ; another has a pig on his 

 shoidders, as far as I cau make out ; it would seem to represent some 

 notable person performing a pilgrimage, (see Photograph, 9 a.*) and may 

 have been executed to commemorate the pilgrimage of some prince. 

 The villagers state that this slab has only been in its present place but 

 a short time, and that it was found in a village about a mile to the 



* The photographs alluded to in this paper may be seen in the Asiatic 

 Society's Library. — Eds. 



