No. 24.— 1881.] 



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Mamini mamini ma deyya 

 Mamini mamini ma deyya 

 Dematan valle bendi viyanay 

 Na kola valle bendi viyanay 

 Bo kola valle bendi viyanay 

 Nangita bendapu mal viyanay 

 IS'angita bendapu mal viyanay 

 Nangita bendapu mal viyane 

 Malut kada vetenna 

 Taravelpita yakgammal 

 Apatat kiyalay natanne 

 Mamiya kote peti kanave 

 Kota kantay api ave 



Tendinane tendinane 

 Tendinane tendinane. 



great man ! O great god ! 



O great man ! great god ! 



A canopy hung with bundles of demata* flowers : 

 A canopy hung with bunches of na leaves : 

 A canopy hung with bunches of Bo* leaves : 

 A canopy stretched for the sister : 

 A canopy stretched for the sister. 



See ! from the flower-canopy raised to the sister flowers break 

 and fall. 



The devil-dancers of Taravelpita ! 

 Tell us too before dancing; 



To take hanave\ (bee) hives in the mamiya stump we have come. 

 Tendinane tendinane, 

 r Te?idindne. tendinane. 



No. 6. 



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Bending a velkobba creeper into a bow, 



Hanging an arrow on the shoulder, 



Letting the creeper-like hair fall on the back, 



Leading m front a little girl of a daughter, 



You are told to come, my son, my milk (dear) nephew. 



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