34 Report on the MacJieiizie Manuscripts- [Jan. 



This is a tale formed on an episode in the Ramayana. It is much in- 

 jured by insects, and could not be successfully restored ; even if it were 

 worth the pains, which perhaps it is not. 



Mahratta Bakheer, No. 31 . 

 Account of the marriage of Rucmeni. 



This is a larger roll of simiiar material, in better preservation but not 

 complete. Rucmeni was a princess carried hy Criahna ; and after- 

 wards married to him ; the tale is told in the Bhugavalaj in the supple- 

 mentary portion, and needs no further notice here. 



Mahratta Bakheer, No. 32. 



Another copy of the same tale ; also incomplete, and in not so good 

 preservation. 



Mahratta Bakheer, No. 33. 



Account of Sud^hauma, a poor friend of Crishua, enriched by visiting 

 him. 



A roll apparently complete, but damaged. It is not of a kind claiming 

 restoration : being a mere tale or romance. 



Mahratta Bakheer, a roll of country paper, No, 27. 



It is entitled in an English heading — Modes of discourse between 

 Call and Paricshit maharaja which would erroneously lead to suppose 

 CdJi, or Dv.rga, to be m.eant. 



The title in the Mahratta is — A detail of the rulers in the Carnataca- 

 desam, from the earliest times. 



The following is an abstract of the contents. 



Mana Paricshitu of the Pdndava-iace ruled down to the year 46 of the 

 Cali-yiiga. While so ruling, a cow, in a certain forest, was weeping on 

 account of having three of its legs broken. A Kirata man (wild savage) 

 going up to the cow, and considering that its three legs had been broken 

 in the three preceding ages, thought it right to break the remaining leg 



