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elephants, and villages well-watered and fertile. He will 

 even go seven paces with thee, and, unwillingly parting, gra- 

 ciously say, " Give unto others of what thou hast now received, 

 for riches and life last not long, and fame imperishable shall 

 be thine, and men shall ever honour thee. Fare thee well." 



Such the king, who hath long reigned over the Chola 

 kingdom, rich in paddy and groves of green cocoa palms, part 

 of this broad earth on whose shores the black ocean breaks 

 its waves with ceaseless roar ; * such he who, even when 

 young, dispensed justice! to the satisfaction of the old : 

 whose sceptre keeps all straight in the blameless path of 

 duty, whose long reign full of love and mercy is renowned 

 throughout the world. 



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The foot that was raised to step on the three worlds stopped short 

 after measuring only this earth, for the foot of the lord of well- 

 watered countries was, alas, burnt by fire. 



5. Mr. John Ferguson said it would be interesting to know 

 whether the admixture of the native races with the Ceylon Portu- 

 guese had introduced a native element into their music. 



Mr. Fernando replied in the negative, and observed that the music 

 was essentially European in character, and had developed among the 

 Portuguese descendants of Ceylon in the same way that what is known 

 as Christy Minstrelsy originated among the Negroes of America. 



The Hon. Mr. Coomaraswamy said that from his knowledge of 

 Indian music he was in a position to corroborate Mr. Fernando's view. 



Dr. Pinto supported this view, and remarked that some of these 

 tunes were to be heard at Bombay at the present day, and bore a strong 

 affinity to music which he himself had heard at Lisbon. 



* Here follows a description of the country, &c, which I omit. 



f This is an allusion to an occasion when, being quite young, he ad- 

 ministered justice to the satisfaction of two aged litigants, who, when they 

 came to him, seeing his youthful appearance, doubted whether they would 

 have justice. The poem is referred to in ulpQlditl^I, stanza 2. 



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 Note the reference to heredity in this stanza. 



