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shall rise and form Poop-pa-toung* Fifth, in the country to become 

 Tha-re-khet-te-ya, the sea shall be dried up. In the time when those 

 omens shall be manifested and fulfilled, that little pwe, removed from 

 his existing body, and become a man, shall be king over a great coun- 

 try under the name of Divot-ta-loung. In that king's reign ^ in the 

 Mran-md country, my divine religion shall flourish and shall exist 

 throughout long ages-' " 



According to that divine prediction the Phra went to waree-neib* 

 Ian and in the year 40 of religion in the reign of Tha-do-ma-ha 

 Madza king of Pin-tsa-ta-goung before mentioned, a mighty boar 

 twelve cubits high ravaged the country. The Crown prince La-ba-doo^ 

 ha went forth armed to destroy him. The boar fled to the Shan 

 country, and the prince followed. The glen where he entered the 

 mountains east of the Irrawaddy is called Wet~weng (boar entrance) 

 to this day. The prince chased him down the west bank of the 

 Irrawaddy, though how the boar arrived there is not stated, and he 

 crossed again to the east bank. As from his great height his belly 

 was not wet by the water, the place he reached is still called Wet-ma- 

 tsivotf (boar not wet). The boar then continued his flight down the 

 east bank of the river until he came to an island near to Tha-re-khet- 

 ta-ya. There the prince overtook him. The place is called Wet-htQ~ 

 huyen to this day. 



The prince now reflected that he was far from the country of Ta- 

 goung, and that his story of having killed the boar would not be 

 believed ; and wearied with the world he determined to become a hermit 

 in the place where he was. There were then no inhabitants near at 

 hand except wild animals. In the jungle a doe produced a young one 

 in the form of a human female child. The doe, startled by the crv of 

 the infant, fled, and the hermit coming to the spot was astonished at 

 the sight. The hermit carried the child to his cell, and brought her up 

 as his own daughter. "When she was grown up, he gave her the name 

 of Bhe-da-ree. " Such is the story of the first establishment of the 

 city of Tha-re-khet-ta-ya by the hermit who was the brother-in-law of 

 the king of Ta-goung." 



In the very year when the Crown-prince La-ha~doo-hd went forth to 

 slay the boar, the queen of Ta-goung gave birth to twin sons. They 



* The name of an extinct volcano about 200 miles north from Prome. 

 t This is a place below the petroleum wells in the Irrawaddy river. 



