184 Inscribed Slab found near Chhatarpur. [[March, 



Prosodial Key. 

 A sloka, or stanza, consists of four padas, lines, or quarter slokas. 

 They are generally, but not always, identical. Metre is Jati, or mea- 

 sured by matras, or instants. In this, one long syllable and two short 

 syllables are equivalent. Or it is Vritta, scanned by denned feet. 



The following slokas are Jati of the Arya species. First and third 

 padas have 12 matras : second has 18 ; and fourth has 15 matras. 



1. 4. 15. 20. 35. 41. 50. 51. 59. 62. 

 The other slokas are in the following metres, in which all four pada 

 are identical. 



Slokas. 



C 2. 3, 6- 9. 10. 12. 17. 

 Sarddula Vikriditam |-..|uu I w-u I uo_ I — u I — w i _ i 3 24. 29. 33. 36. 37. 44. 



£46.49.52.54.57.63. 



Malini | yu | www | — • | u— | u— | 5. 19. 



Mundacranta | [ -yy ( yy« | — y | -- u | — | 8. 27. 30. 45. 



Rathoddhuta | -u- | uuy | -o - | o- | 14. 18. 22. 31 



Vasantatilakam ...... | --« | _uu | o-u | u-w |"_ _ | 16. 55. 34. 56. 



Srugdhara .... | -— | -u- | -uo | uvu | o__ | u __ | 23. 38. 60. 



Vansasthavilam | y-u | — u | y_ w | -u- | 26. 40. 



Hurini ] ouu | yy_ I — j -y- | uu- | u - | 47. 



Sikhurini | u | | yv .,u | u«_ | _yj | u - I 58. 



Anush-tup. — This is a very common measure. Each Pada ~\ 

 consists of four dissyllabic feet : the third foot must be an / y jg 21 25 28 32 

 Iambic, and the first syllable of the last foot is alternately V35' 40 43' 48 53 61 

 long and short. The syllables of the remaining feet may be V 

 either long or short. .... .... .... . . . . J 



Art. II. — Account of a Journey to Beylah, and Memoir on the Pro- 

 vince of Lus. By Lieut. Carloss, Indian Navy. 



On the 10th of January, having received an answer to a letter 

 I had written to the chief of Lus, announcing my arrival at Soonmemy 

 with a letter and some presents from the Bombay Government, I 

 commenced my journey to Beylah. Two chiefs with a small party of 

 followers had been sent to accompany me to the capital, but as they 

 were not ready to proceed, and I did not wish to delay my journey, I 

 started, accompanied by Dr. Hardy, without them. 



The road for some distance led over a confused mass of low hillocks 

 covered with loose sand, or across the low swampy hollows between 

 them, and the country had every where a most barren and desolate 

 appearance, there not being a tree or a bush to be seen. About five 

 miles from Soonmemy we arrived at a ridge of sand hills, about 150 

 feet high, from the summit of which the Poorally river was visible to 

 the W. N. W., with an extensive tract of thick mangrove jungle 

 stretching along the left bank ; at this place we halted for a short time 



