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piness of a king is excellent and exalted. He has good food and fine 

 clothes. He lias gold, silver, elephants, horses, buffaloes, cows, goats, 

 pigs, and rice in abundance.' The hill man, being thus persuaded, 

 followed the groom. The groom secretly led the hill man into the 

 palace, and told the whole story to the chief queen. She praised the 

 groom for his discretion. The queen also, lest the country should 

 become disturbed, gave out that the king was ill, and prevented all 

 coming in and going out of the palace. The hill man was instructed, 

 bathed, and perfumed. One of the queens of inferior rank being dis- 

 respectful to him, the stone image at the gate of the palace, rushed 

 in, and smote her to death. Seeing this all in the palace was fright- 

 ened, as if they were in danger of being eaten up. The chief queen 

 on the sixth day caused it to be proclaimed throughout the city, that 

 the next day the king would appear, and all ministers, nobles, and 

 officers were required to attend. Early next morning all went into 

 the palace. When the gate of the inner palace was opened, all joining 

 their hands bowed down their heads. But one of them insolently 

 said, c Alas ! this is not our master, our lady, the queen, has not con- 

 sulted us in this matter.' Suddenly one of the stone images at the 

 gate of the palace, rushed in and smote him to death. Then all the 

 ministers, nobles, and officers, and the whole country feared as if they 

 were to be devoured. When the hill man became king he was very 

 powerful. He took the title of Tsau Rahan. He made a delight- 

 ful garden at his former cucumber plantation. The image of a great 

 dragon w T as placed there. This image was worshipped ; for 

 dragons being more powerful, and more excellent than men, great 

 benefit may be derived from the worship of them. Moreover, as there 

 were hollow temples in the countries of Tha-htun and Tha-re-khet- 

 ta-ra, the king, after consulting the false Ari teachers, built five hollow 

 temples. In each temple was placed an image, resembling neither 

 Nat nor Phra. To these morning and evening, food and spirits were 

 offered, and so they were propitiated and worshipped. At the time 

 when the omniscient and excellent Phra was still existing, the religi- 

 ous doctrine which was first established by Pun-na-hte in the Mram- 

 m£ country ; in Tagiing, in Thare-khet-ta-ra, in A-ri-mad-da-na and 

 in The-ri-pits-tsa-ra ; the true doctrines of religion were maintained 

 during the reigns of many successive kings. Afterwards when the city 



