1 00 corn. — Lrgrnds. 



of innocence, grain grew spontaneously on Ihe eaiih. 

 At length the women began to steal, and men com- 

 passionating their weakness, pardoned their error tour 

 successive times. it then became necessary to have 

 a king who should control the evil now first appearing 

 in the world. The men, however, soon fallowed in 

 the Mep> Of the women j and they even ventured to 

 show every decree of disrespect to Me Pho Sop in 

 f!. t n.uirli manner in which they cultivated the corn. 

 \t b n-th, disgusted with the insults heaped on he* 

 and at the crimes of the human raw, she fled and took 

 refuse in a deep cave on a hujh mountain. Famine 

 how ravaged the earlh. To avert this ealaiuif) holy 

 w n u< jv 0 -ft iu seated of the lost goddess. Following 

 the course of a river, they perceived some husk* of 

 gram floating on its surface and were thus directed 

 to the cave. Here the \ ohsertitfj the seeds of pain 

 attached to the roof; ami after much supplication, 

 induced Me Plio 8 -}> I" return ami dill use plenty 

 around to a race now first aware of Iter value. 



The Buddhist r\ois, when ahout to plant the rice, 

 propitiate (his goddess by offerings of the kaboos fish 

 or haronan (which abounds iu the pnddie-fjelds during 

 rains,) e&gfc, fruits, sugar, Ihe oriza tiltitiia^a. and 

 betel leaf. The goddess is represented by a bunch 

 of the rice plants, whieh are tied toother by "bite 

 thread. Waxen tapers are lighted and incense burin <!, 

 and s< « nud water is sprinkled n>erthe typical bum tn 

 which is then covered with a whim doth raised into 

 the shape of a canopy. 



This ceremony generally takes place early iu the 

 morning. All the ryot* present then evoke Me Fho 

 Sop to favor the paddie crop. \\ hen the grain up. 

 prow-lies to fullness, similar rites are pei formed and 

 ackt fruits are added to the oblation j because, 

 say Ihe Siamese, the predilection belongs to it as 



