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MAITHIL CHRESTOMATHY. 
FExtra No. 
2. In one place weepeth the mother, in another weepeth Channa.* 
In a third the child hath left the breast and weepeth too. 
(4) 
1. The lady came running accompanied by her friends. He fastened 
knives and dagger to his waist. 
2. Through the fear of the infidel, the Sayyad hid himself in a well. 
3. The lizard has spoken malicious words, and (at his instigation) 
the spider has spun his net. 
The next songs are purely women’s songs. In the month of Bhado 
(August and September), that is, in the height of the rains, when snakes 
abound, the poor women of the village go about begging at the houses of 
their richer neighbours, and singing these songs. They are all in honour 
of the Snake god, and contain some peculiar ideas. The language is most 
colloquial, and full of diminutive terms of endearment. As printed, they 
are exact copies of what the women sung. 
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* Sister of Fatima. 
