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From V riitamdldkhydwa ; — 



" Mattebha Wikkridita Vritta." 



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VII. 



I feel inclined to refer to Yddini, a kind of prose composed 

 according to metre, and to quote one or two specimens. The 

 following, from Mr. James de Alwis's " Leisure Hours," is 

 read or sung to the tune of Sasiri bara me siri Laka ;— 



seodSe, tSoo'cSce, 



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Another specimen from the same source : — 



Tune, Sasiri bara me siri Laka ; the same number of letters 

 as in the first tune, but the fourth and the ninth letters are 

 prolated :— 



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There are two old yddini, composed by very clever poets, 

 the Sinhabd Asna and the Kuveni Asna, relating to Wijayo's 

 conquest, Kuveni's lamentations, the story of the Panduwas 

 king being possessed by demons, &c. — very interesting tradi- 

 tions. I have mislaid them, and am extremely sorry that I 



