314 Translation of Vichitra Ndtak. [No. 4. 



1 1 . When did you first see it ? 



12. Was it hot or cold then ? 



13. Did it seem to have burned any thing? or to have dried up 

 the ground where it Tell ? 



14. Was the stone or the ground smoking when you first saw it? 



15. Was there any smell about it? 



16. How was it lying when you first saw it? i. e. lying flat? or 

 sticking up ? If sticking up in the ground shew how, viz. if upright or 

 at what angle nearly?* 



17. When dug out, was there any sign of burning or baking of 

 the earth at the lower part? if so send some of that earth ; 3 or 4 seers 

 at least. 



18. Did it get warm, or hot, after it fell ? 



19. Did any change of its colour take place? and of what colour 

 was it in a clear daylight when you first saw it ? 



20. What kind of weather was there the day and night previous 

 to the fall of the stone ? 



21. Did you ever hear of any stones of the kind having fallen 

 before. 



22. Was any wind blowing ; and from where ? 

 Memorandum. It will be advisable to let each deponent tell his 



own story separately in the form of a narrative, and then cross question 

 from these queries adding any other particulars. If sent in Bengalee 

 or Hindustanee also, they will be welcome to us. The references to 

 the queries and their replies should be distinguished by their numbers, 

 and the more witnesses and information the better. — H. Piddington. 



Translation of Vichitra Ndtak. — By Captain Siddons, 1st Cavalry. 



Chapter III. 



God pleased to promote anger and strife 

 The best of men could not stand neutral, 

 Lust and avarice were so potent 



* Witness should shew this which is very important by sticking a stone or brick 

 or log into the ground. 



