142 J. Hinton Knowles— Kashmiri Riddles. [No. 3, 
the after-part, which is separated and covered with matting. Often three 
generations together thus pass their lives. 
Tah bah tali = Pers. Tah ba tah. 
78, Lam tal tham sath. 
Seven pillars nnder a heap. 
Ans. Honih hanzah babah sath, the seven nipples of a bitch. 
Cf. No. 42. 
79, Masuvis chhanis gasuv raz. 
Your uncle (hanging by) a grass rope. 
Ans. Tolali ivor, the rope and earthenware vessel at the end of 
the tol. Vide ante, No. 4. 
Masu, mother’s sister’s husband. 
80, Tatih loi Jean, hhut dsmdn, 
Yetih loi lean, wot Hindustan. 
Thence I shot an arrow, (and) it ascended to the sky. 
Hence I shot an arrow, (and) it reached Hindustan. 
Ans. Ddleulc Jchat, a postal letter. 
The Kashmiri pandits say 
Al Kashmir, 
Janat nazir. 
They believe it to have been the first paradise in the mahd-yug. The 
Musalm&ns, also, regard it as a very holy country. 
81, Nah zah phute (or phate), nah zah phdte, ivasih sudras t&hdnte. 
It will never break, it will never burst, it will swim in the sea. 
Ans. Lon, the stick with which tho butter is churned. Vide 
ante Nos. 10 and 31. 
Sudr, contraction of samundar. 
82, Kuchliih hand dsam, tati dsam tsurai Jchdr wdtdn. 
I had a little leuf, it hold only four Jeharwdrs. 
Ans. Dim, a walnut. 
Tho walnut flourishes in a romarkablo manner in tho valley. Tho 
fruit is cheap and good and largely oaten by tho natives. Dim is tho 
word for walnuts generally. Thoro aro four species, however, each of 
which is distinguished by a soparato name. Vide Kashmiri Proverbs and 
Mayings, p. 229. 
Ku(, vide ante No. 25. 
KJy'tr (or kfmrwdr) a dry measure containing lbs 192. Its literal 
moaning is an ass-load (khar, an ass. Pers.) Cf. No. 33. 
