48 G. A. Grierson—Some Further Notes on Kalidasa. [No. 1, 
words. Circumstances have thrown me much amongst these men, and I 
have taken advantage of this, to make an attempt to preserve some of the 
vast amount of unwritten lore, which is so fast being forgotten. 
In this paper I have thrown into shape part of what I have collected 
concerning Kaéliddsa: and if it meets with favour, and if time and health 
permit, I may at some future time give similar legendary accounts of other 
famous heroes and heroines of Mithila. With regard to the verses sprinkled 
through the foregoing pages, my reading has been too limited for me to 
assume that none of them have been printed before. It must suffice that 
I do not remember meeting any of them in the usual collections of 
apothegms, and if my memory has betrayed me, I shall be the first to wel- 
come my error being pointed out. 
