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The Book spake. 
886. “ On Tuesday will he sew his wallet and his quilt. On Wednes¬ 
day will he shave his head. 387. On Thursday will he besmear himself 
with ashes. On Friday the king shall pierce his two ears. 388. On 
Friday the king shall pierce his ears, and on Saturday shall he put on a 
languti. 389. On Sunday the king shall take in his hand a beggar’s 
platter; on that day the king shall set out for a far country. 390. He 
will take thee from thy home and will give thee advice and hope. For 
some days he will distress thee in the midst of the forest. Other sorrow will 
he give thee in the sandy waste. 391. Other sorrow will he give thee in the 
city of S'rikala. He will pawn thee for food in the house of Hira the Har¬ 
lot. 392. The Harlot’s dress will he a linen sari bright as fire. Thy 
dress, O king, will he a knotted rope. 393. Unsifted rice will she give 
thee and hrinjals full of seeds. She will give thee hrinjals full of seed, and 
thou wilt burn them and eat them. A pitiless harlot is she ; thou wilt be 
forbidden oil and salt. 394. The harlot will seek the privy, and it wilt 
he thou who wilt cleanse it. Thou shalt close thy eyes, and proffer her the 
water of her sin. # 395. Early in the morning shalt thou rise, and she 
will beat thee with a broom. Thou shalt lift up the bed of her sins, of 
countless, countless sins. 396. JBliangi ropes will she give thee and a 
hhdngi stick and two water jars. Twelve loads shalt thou measure out 
every day.” 
The Iaihg spake. 
397. “ Hear, Reverend Sir. Happiness and misery are written in our 
destiny. Methinks, I see death written by the Creator in my fate. ’Tis not 
in two syllables and a half that it can be cancelled.” 398. Brother Khetu, 
where art thou gone ? First would I Q&ipdn. Then would I give the Brah¬ 
man a present and bid him good speed.” 399. He gave him a present 
and bade him speed. “ Make present the barber of my father’s time.” 400. 
He went to the ndpit and called him to the king, saying “ Brother, fetch 
thy razors and come.” 401. The hall was full. The crowd gave forth 
a confused noise. At this time did the barber, the son of a barber, present 
himself. 402. Even as the pious king saw the barber, he descended from 
his thronef ; and as he did, the theatrum of the temple, and other walled 
buildings fell to the ground. 403. The forest trees, and the shrubs, the 
very leaves of the trees began to weep. The forest deer bent their heads 
* Not a literal translation. 
f The word used is “ pdf', A pat in Rangpur is the term used for one of those 
solid blocks of masonry found here and there in the district. Kings of the olden days 
are said to have sat upon them, and there to have dispensed justice. One of them, 
however, (Haris' Chandra Raj dr Pat, see fig. 3), is almost certainly a tomb. 
