1884.] 
G. A. Grierson —The Song of Bijai Mai. 
95 
of Allia and Rudal, there are fifty-two sub as or generals mentioned, and 
that the name of one of the principal characters in the present poem is 
named Bawan Siiba. So also in that poem there is a wonderful horse, 
and there are other points of resemblance. This must be more than a 
coincidence, bnt I am nnable to do more than point ont the fact. 
The author and date of the poem are unknown. It is published 
just as it was taken down from the mouth of a singer, under the superin¬ 
tendence of Babii Slv Nandan Lai Bay, to whom I am indebted for the 
text, and the proof sheets have again been checked with a fresh recitation 
by the singer so as to ensure accuracy. Only obvious, misspellings have 
been corrected, and where one word is spelt in two places in two 
different spellings, an uniform system has been adopted. 
I 
t gf ci^ ^ iii ii 
wfctx ^ ^ jit ii 
?:tjt % Jik w ^ ii 
cl^ t 5IT II u, II 
?;m ^ jit ll 
JTvr ^ ii 
iiTJT ^ «iT ii 
cTsr iiT% ^ jit ii 
?:TH ^ SIT II \o II 
KW ix: ^ ifr II 
^ t SIX II 
51 ^ € *fx n 
^ W » 5TX Skis' k kx ii 
K in ns ifflKf i jitKST K SI 11 » 
Kin ns ^sits jftK K sx ii 
^ ^ ^ o C/ ^ •s 
Kxn sixnn nsi'sx s nx j^ssx k nx ii 
Kxn nsi%f ftmKST k nx n 
