26 journal, r. a k s. (ceylon). [Vol. VII., Pi. L 



259. 6 259. One individual can 

 <5%S)-%3 ruin a whole community. 



260. ©4i©4*6s5 c^O 260. If you die, the country 

 O3o§. will go to the elephants. 



77m £ is, " Tou speak so muck 

 of yourself that one would think 

 on your death the human race 

 will become extinct, and the coun- 

 try will he left to wild beasts.") 



261. *8e03 Eh© <5<i)<D&$ & 261. Like drinking water 



; the Tisawewa (tank) is before 



<5q30d£>3<9C$1 (-one). 



262. ©ey>c)GD§)©© ©OS* 262 - What is tne use of 

 #}30 S^&hcSsD®, being born at Totagamuwa, if 



you are not versed in Band 

 (Buddhist scriptures)? 



Totagamuwa * was the birth- 

 place of Sri Rdhula Sthavira, 

 the well-known author of 

 Kdvyasekhara, fyc. 



263. ®&> cOSD gj^ef 263. Tiny boats (even) 

 ®d>iS* 03^03. venture on the sea where large 



c ships sail. 



264. ggc33C»^0 SH*B2§>«* 264. Why have one place 

 <d<x>:6$&$q) epi8 ? t0 slee P> and another to groan? 



265. ^S)d<5i0O ep^co 265. A lie is short-lived. 



266. ©'q)^(3^3S);^(3 266. How can the neckless 

 q>^£do3id ©as)3^GM@q? wear a neck-lace? 



* This village, situated twelve miles from Galle on the high road to 

 Colombo (Gangaboda-pattu), obtained a few years back so unenviable a 

 notoriety for cattle stealing, burglaries, and highway robberies, that the 

 proverb was commonly quoted in the district : " Totagamuwe upannata 

 motada horakama berinam" — " What's the use of being born at Totagamuwa, 

 if you know not (the art of) stealing /" 



