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(or hamehimem). Angki kem cbbalung singha pota, diba wamta, 

 htiugltiug koha rota, khistiha supta, gege gege pachimetn. Kem 

 bbitari nayung kuna nochhikmi ; kolu, imlung ; kolu kho'lung. 

 Tawokbata, tamikhata gege ta ma hokmi. Bangcbodum kben biak 

 paebikokmi. Nayung got kulup ha ba kulup kben le got kulup* 

 bong penku haba ba rome ingchikoktni. Penku pben mang wontike 

 nam rome upu kembe lat'lat'ba, kam papaha, pbengkokmi. Miscbe 

 ma papaba me'ta singtong kobe Mumpopmi. Kbocho, puk, cheli, 

 beli, mechho, jacbikokmi, Gai, bbalu, pboka, ma jakokmi. Singwo- 

 kbudu, dudu, cbalung, jakokmi. Sove tungcbikokmi, bukcbbale 

 tungkokmi (note tbe 2 forms of tbe verb). Sove, angki pota, ching- 

 gnak tungkokmi. Bukcbba, gyetim got khen ingta, yanggnak tung- 

 cbikokmi. Angki cbbobe ma blekcbikokmi. Nokcbbung sascbi- 

 kokmi, mescbo le, loncho le. Balung kben gyeti suna le ma dak- 

 kokmi. Angki cholvi Balung. Gyeti suna le ma nom. Yayu 

 tboko mu singtong sunaba Brahman Lama ma honmi (or honmem, 

 indefinite). Gyetim lorn ma khokehikokmi. Angki vik bakhele ma 

 watkokmi. TJpo met'khen tawokbata ba chhinggnak yanggnak ma 

 papaba lingmem. Tamikhata ha mische le ma lingmem. Imhamu 

 dawo devi angki majhua nomi. Inung wanikhen povi suna le m £ 

 nom. Angki tboko gyetim got be lasta, yangta tboko, nati tolgongf 

 bono- yangmi. Pinis. 



Translation, 

 My name is Pate. I am a Vayu. The Khas tribe call us Hayu, 

 but our own name is Yayu. I am an old man. I don't know how 

 old, above sixty. I am a cultivator of land assigned by tbe Kaja to 

 tbe soldiers of the Dbunkuta regiment. I have no land of my own. 

 My son is in the service of Captain Gajraj Tbapa. You saw him 

 here often and drew his portrait and measured him. He thought 

 that very queer and was a little alarmed. But the Captain reassured 

 him and he consented. I have been here four months to help you 

 to learn our language. It is very difficult. You must judge of all. 

 I can only answer your questions. I hope you will soon let me go 

 home. Our people dwell in the basin of (or along the course of) 



* A phrase of numeration. See Vocabulary. 



t A phrase of measure. Sec Vocabulary. It is equal two haudfuls. 



