22 JOURNAL, R. a. s, (ceylon). [Vol. VII., Pt. L 



223, es)^0 <9C£>30£)3 £)i25*J 223. Like the dumb man 

 C,E)o(5(s5 saluting the blind man, 



224. 2S54J560 ®CS)©C3^e)3 224. Like pointing out the 

 &3<5<s5. way to a blind man. 



225. 255(3<0^0 Z*£>8 Qq 225. Like the description 



fc>i3 aS03©3©(5J. of (curds) which (a 



certain man) gave to a blind 

 man.* 



226, 23£)^0 ©x<S ®o 226. Like (the man who) 



gg^O gei@©&8 ^©^©crf, said of the flow ° r h ? was un- 

 able to pluck : " Let it go as an 



offering to Buddha." 



Compare the story of the 



fox and the sour grapes, 



227 es)i®S3 25)35 <g 227. Those who (formerly) 



£5} 5003. eat pingo-loads (of presents) 



(have now to)eat pingo-sticks. 



Commonly said of men in 

 authority losing their emolu- 

 ments when once out of office. 



228. (^32533 ©e^sdO @$ 228. Like the crane who 

 $3<^tf)2532rf £<2rfsD3©3@cd. waited to pick fish till the 



sea dried up. 



229. ^a«D3©0 qs&Ott 229. Like the gift of the 

 C*<S S rfs* ©serf. horse t0 *«/«**™' t 



* A blind man asked a friend whj.t sort of a thing D« foW was. The 

 other replied that it was " white as a chank." " What sort of a thing is the 

 chank ?" was the next enquiry. The friend closed his han rt, and held it out 

 to the blind man, saying that the chank was "like his fist." The blind man 

 felt it, and exclaimed : "Oh! how difficult it must be to swallow curds, if 

 like this ? " 



f The story alluded to is as follows :— A man who had been much 

 emaciated by sickness went to a house to beg. The mistress of the house, 

 struck with his appearance, enquired of him, " What is the matter with 

 you?" The man replied, " I have returned from the other world" — a 

 common expression amongst the Sinhalese, meaning that one has been very 

 ill and narrowly escaped death. Then said the old woman, "You must 

 have met my daughter Kaluhami." The man, perceiving that the old woman 

 was a simpleton, said, " O yes, I am now married to her." The woman then 

 collected all the jewellery which belonged to her deceased daughter, and, 

 tying it in a bundle, handed it over to the man, saying, " Give this to your 



