204 Mr. Greville's Account of some Stones , &c. 
formably to rfiy orders, three parts of the iron of lightning * 
were mixed with one part of common iron; and from the 
mixture were made two sabres, one knife, and one dagger. 
By the addition of the common iron, the [new]] substance 
acquired a {[fine]] temper; the blade {[fabricated from it J proving 
as elastic as the most genuine blades of Ulmanny,-f and of the 
South, and bending, like them, without leaving any mark of the 
bend. I had them tried in my presence, and found them cut 
excellently ; as well [[indeed]] as the best genuine sabres. One 
of these sabres I named Katai, or the cutter ; and the other 
Burk-serisht, or the lightning-natured. 
A poet X composed and presented to me, on this occasion, the 
following tetrastich. 
“ This earth has attained order and regularity through the 
“ Emperor Jehangire : 
“ In his time fell raw iron from lightning : 
“ That iron was, by his world-subduing authority, 
u Converted into a dagger, a knife, and two sabres,” 
The chronogram of this occurrence is contained in the words , 
joXlJo ( jj which signify “ the flame of the imperial light— 
“ ning;” and give the year (of the Hegera) 1030. 
N. B. The foregoing translation (which is nearly literal) has 
been made from a manuscript that has been several years in 
my possession ; and which, although without date, bears marks 
of having been written at a remote period. 
WM. KIRKPATRICK. 
# This expression is equivalent to our term tbunder-bolt. 
f The name of the place here designed is doubtful. 
X The poet is named in the original j but the name is not-perfectly legible. 
