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to pass, that my brother fought with the giant Doondoobhy, and entered into 

 a large cave in a mountain. My brother ordered me to remain at the en- 

 trance until he came ; 1 waited a very long time, at last seeing blood come 

 out of the cave like a stream of water, and thinking Vauly had been killed, I 

 was sore afraid, and rolling a large stone before the entrance of the cave, 

 J returned to Kiskinda. My brother after having killed the giant came to 

 the mouth of the cave, and kicked away the stone I had placed there. Not 

 finding me on the outside he was very angry, and on arriving at Kiskin- 

 da, turned me out of the city ; since which time I have lived in these moun- 

 tains. Now if you will kill my brother Vauly, I will engage to recover 

 your lost Seta." Then Rama went up against Vauly, and slew him and 

 placed Soogreva on the throne of Kiskinda, (i. e. Bijanugur, according to 

 the tradition of the Natives on the spot.) Then Soogreva summoned be- 

 fore him his prime minister Hunooman of the monkey tribe, gave him the 

 signet ring of Rama, and commanded him to assemble the generals of the 

 Vanoras, (or monkeys) ; viz. Ungada, the son of Vauly ; Jambavunta, lord 

 of the bears, who was born of a groan of Brahma; Neela, the son of fire, 

 &c, and that he should march Southward, sending out parties of Vanno- 

 ras to the four quarters of the world to seek intelligence of Seta, and 

 return within one month, on pain of death. 



Hunooman accordingly set out on his march to the south, but was 

 unsuccessful in his search. At last he entered a cave which was very dark, 

 but perceiving at the extremity a small light he advanced towards it, 

 and found a woman named Swaemprabha, (angel of light,) making devo- 

 tion. On telling her that he and his friends were very tired and thirsty, 

 she shewed them a rivulet running through the cave, and gave them fruit ; 

 after they had refreshed themselves, she enquired who they were, and why 

 they had been wandering about her cave for the last forty-five days. On 

 being informed of the circumstances, she ordered them to shut their eyes, 

 and not to open them until she permitted them, when they would find a 

 large bird called Sumpaty, who would give them news regarding Seta, lhey 

 obeyed her orders, and on opening their eyes at the appointed place, they 

 discovered Sumpaty, who said, " Seta is at Lunka ; I saw her with my own 

 eyes. You are now on the shore of the south sea, and the island of Lunka 

 is 150 leagues distant. If you can jump so far, you will see Seta sitting 

 under a tree in an orchard." The party then consulted among themselves 

 as to who was the best jumper. Neela said he could only jump seventy- 

 five leagues. Nola thought he could accomplish 105. Jumbavunta said, 

 that being now advanced in years, he could not be sure of clearim; 

 more than 135. Ungada believed that he could jump there, but was afraid 

 that he would not be able to jump back again. 



