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Large stools, four-legged stools, < flying cots '* and swings lie con- 

 structs, 



Curtained p&lkLs, and ordinary pdlMs, poles and bahangisf and round 

 well-pullies, 



Of all sorts he makes, also wooden bowls :—he knows how to hollow 

 timber. 



IV. 



The Kaha'r's (Bearer's) Song. 



Of all trades the worst is the Kahar's ; 



With carrying bafiangis, pitchers and pdlkis, his shoulders get broken 

 and his skull blackened : 



Whenever delay occurs in the stage, then straightway the slipper is 

 applied, and he must put up with abuse. 



All men in a wedding procession get carriage, he himself has to carry 

 others. 



V. 

 The Na'i"s (Hindu' Barber's) Song. 



**% ttt i?pr fw^t 



Sh^Tfar^ ftrc *f wine m<nn -r^M ^t^ 

 to} *m ^v*x %m ^ref%^ *wmft 



Of all men the barber is the greatest trickster, 



With his whetstone, nail-parer, and razor, he gets ready his tool bundle ; 



* The words uran khatold are explained to me as being used in a proverbial 

 sense to mean < very fine cots', i. e. as good as those which are described in fairy tales. 



f Kdnwar means the same as bahangi, the well known pair of baskets slung 

 from a pole, so much used in India. 





