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(^S^csDag) ; then whistling (gdxSei^d) thrice proceed north- 
wards; and when near the boundary of the field clap the 
hands behind the back three times and spend that night only 
in a place where there are no other persons. 
(4) If white ants eat the roots. — Take a handful of sand 
from an untrodden place and repeat the charm go Q^c59 
gC^ezT-^ eD®8 ("Om! holy! Bahirawa burst up^ 
hail!") a hundred and eight times over a little sand and 
throw it away in the field. 
(5) If the plants are sucked by flies (S)xe^(9Ne33 g\S)3>sd038). — 
Place four lime thorns in the four corners of the field ; put 
five lime sticks in the middle of the field, and taking a little 
king cocoanut oil repeat the charm §^ ©sjog^ cpoDc^g^a^ 
(5vs)<5xe5cp<^ed'(3^®^^i,o ^x0^t<^^§®8>^©§ (*'0m Muni ! great 
Muni, by the order of Angulimala Thera^ relinquish your 
rights here, run ! run ! hail ! ") nine times over a little of the 
oil, then light a lamp and go away. 
(6) Kirikema^ to promote the flow of milky sap 
into the young grains at the "milk-entering time" (-sBS 9§>2d 
Take a forked rukattana^ stick (<5x-25Jepe5^eD Qq98-255^) 
and decorate it with young cocoanut leaves and areca 
flowers; on Saturday evening clear a place near a jak tree,, 
sprinkling sandalwood milk-water (^go ^8 ^z^)<, and 
make an enclosure with young cocoanut leaves ready for the 
ceremony ; next day go before the crow caws (-s^gOa qiE)ei0 
^<SS)i and taking a little milk from the jak tree put it "in 
a leaf cup" (s\(5)3§9^0); into the same vessel put milk of 
kaduru^^ daluk^ cocoanut, and (i<?Z; then taking these fivesorts 
of milk and a little kxlu-duru^ sudu-duru (spices), sudu-lunu 
^ Arigfulimala Thera. — In the Aiigulimala Sutra, Angulimala was a man 
who killed 999 persons and made a garland of their fingers (whence his 
name). He was converted by Buddha, and became a priest and attained 
Nirwana. 
^ Ruhattana, Alstonia scholaris^ Brown. 
^ Balatta = balotuwa^ a prop ; cf. galaotuwa in verse 8 of the kaviat- 
Jtella. 
^ Kaduru^ Taherncemontana dichotoma^ Roxb. ; daluk, Eu2}1io7'hia 
afitiquorum, L. ; del, Artocarpns noMlis. Thw. 
