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heard from south-east corner, and something dark fell on the ground 

 about 5 or 6 nols (about 33 feet) off from the place where I was 

 standing. I approached the spot, and found that there was a hole 

 in the ground. I took up the peg (loree) to which the cow was tied, 

 and put it into the hole. It touched something in the bottom of the 

 hole which sounded like ^rrsrl (vitrified brick). I called Alef to see 

 it. It came in an oblique direction from the south side where the 

 cloud was the thickest. Alef came and saw the hole. The cow had 

 scampered off, just as the stone fell about 2 cubits from the spot where 

 the cow was, but it did not hurt her. I alone saw the fall. It did 

 not fall in a perpendicular line. There are trees at the place, but 

 none were injured : the sound was like that made by the flight of a 

 vulture or several vultures. I saw something dark falling on the 

 earth. There was no smoke, no light, nor any smell. I can't describe 

 further ; no other sound nor any roaring of the cloud was perceptible 

 before the fall. I believe except Alef and myself there was none else 

 on the kola (field) at the time. Alef was about 5 or 6 russees off 

 when it fell. We picked up the stone ; it had buried itself about 

 17 or 18 ungoolees (about 15 inches) deep under the ground. The 

 hole was 7 or 8 ungoolees wide at the 1 mouth, but it was not straight, 

 but a little inclined to one side. The stone was not visible from 

 above the hole. I could feel it by the stick. When we picked it 

 up, it was warm, not very hot. I picked it up after it had been in 

 the hole about 1 dundo, or the time occupied by walking 11 russees 

 (440 yards) for a khunta, which had to be brought from a neighbour- 

 ing house before we could dig it out.' 



" Alef Shaikh deposed ; ' I was returning home from my khet, I heard 

 the noise ; it was not like thunder but like a loud hiss (^1 *) ; there 

 was no light ; I did not see the fall, as I was 4 or 5 russees off ; I was 

 alone ; I was proceeding from the khet. Bakher brought a khonta 

 from a Gristo's house ; we dug it up and saw it was stone ; I handed it 

 to Bakerooddin. He kept it in a new earthen pot (haree) as some- 

 thing extraordinary. We did not make poojah to it, we knew not 

 what it was, but as Hindus have several idols, we thought it must 

 be one of them. Almost all Hindu idols are of stone, and it re- 

 sembles them. The report of its fall spread around, and many people 

 came to look at it, sometimes 5 or 6, 10 or 12 from the neighbourhood. 



