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SPECIMENS OF THE 



[Extra No. 



1. BuJJictrat. — Ya sliai jawaiw ulkaha asta 



Duzhmanea vesentlia-ish khashtha 

 Banghava pabre rah sara gwastha 

 Go miniiat merhare niyar/A dasta 

 E bujharat Brabima bastba. 

 Hozh. Warnai. 



Middle. — Tbere was one good tbing in tbe world ; an enemy bas pur- 

 sued and turned it out. In tbe morning watch it passed along the road. 

 Neither begging nor praying will bring it back again. Brabim composed 

 this riddle. 



Answer. — Youth. (The enemy is old age.) 



2. Bujliarat. — Hu<77<ai kurzat o kara 



Zamin nesta#7i o diyAara 

 Be kbishtba_5'7«e5i. kbishara 

 HuJ/eal kurzat o kara 

 Sabz phul babara 

 Pha pbasha_5'/ia di taiyara. 

 Middle. — By God's might and power 

 With neither ground nor soil 

 Without a field being ploughed 

 By God's might and power 

 A green plant has flowered 

 And now its fruit is ripening. 

 Answer. — This was composed on seeing an ear of corn growing on the 

 beam across the mouth of a well. 



3. Bujlidrat. — Brabima pairi gwashtha_9'^a gale 



Dith&ghixn 'chie ranga be bale 

 Eange?i kojha andare« lale 

 Bozli. — Askbohe. 



Riddle. — Last year Brabim said ' I saw something of an indescribable 

 sort. Its appearance was foul, but there was bright red within. 

 Answer. — A flint. 



4. Bujharat. — Ya shai jawai?? ulkaha yaka 



Go jberave janga;j sat7/<bare saka 

 Har-kbase 'khkith, ja^/a wai!/d chaka 

 Ma?j na gindani jagabe dhakka 

 Gosh danaha sliara bozh wa hakka 

 Bozli.—Chhktli. 



Biddle. — There is one good tbing in the world, a thousand timesi 

 attacked with disputes and quarrels ; every one comes and throws it over 



