1840.] The Hodesmn (improperly called Kolehan). 7^^ 



when it rises on the fourth day all assembled to bathe, wash their 

 clothes, and shave, and then, anoint themselves with the blood of a pig, 

 after which they feast and drink up the Eely. 



That same evening the ceremony is gone through of calling the 

 spirit of the departed. All the company, except four people, the 

 father, mother, and two women, or brother and sister and two women 

 or men, sit outside in the back yard ; some boiled rice and a pot of 

 water is then placed within the inner room of the house, and ashes 

 sprinkled from thence to the threshold ; the father and mother, or 

 brother and sister, as it may be, then go out; taking two ploughshares 

 in their hands — the other two people are left in the house to watch. 

 Those who have gone out proceed to the spot where the body was 

 burnt, and where (in some parts of the country) a clay horse and 

 rider, and an earthen pot on a tripod, with the mouth closed, are 

 placed; round this spot the two relations walk, beating together the 

 ploughshares, and calling out in a plaintive wild strain, 



K'alleeng erankedmia K'alleeng enkakedmia Hoojoorooameu 



" We never scolded you, never wronged you ; Come to us back ; 



Booqite 'leengposakeamia assooladmia Essoodinmidte leeng tykena 

 " We ever loved and cherished you, and have lived long together 



miadoare leen tykena na do alum bageea ! gama needa ko 



" under the same roof; desert it not now ! The rainy nights, 



Rabang rabang poio dinko dara nendre do alum honorbya 



'* And the cold blowing days, are coming on ; do not wander here. 



Atarkedjang japarre alum tingoona ' Hoojoo rooamen 



" Do not stand by the burnt ashes ; come to us again ! You 



Hesa soobare umdo ka ty dya gama hoojooredo 



*' cannot find shelter under the peepul, when the rain comes 



Rabang hoiore sarjum do Boogite ka doimiai 

 " Down. The saul will not shield you from the cold bitter wind. 



Oate hoojoomen Umnangente oa do boogikidalle ! alleeng do 



" Come to your home ! It is swept for you, and clean ; and we 



Moonooite heating metanna, alleeng ddleeng minna, umnangente mandeeleeng 

 " are there who loved you ever ; and there is rice put for you; 



doikia, dahleeng-doikia Hoojoomen o§,te hoojoomen Dooirimen alleeng tar! 

 'And water; come home, come home, come to us again! 



