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He po^icnlarly told the servant to lead the animal and not to ride it. When the servant had gone some distance the Pir sent another servant to look after the first servant, and, especially, to see that he was not rilling it. He went and found the man leading the horse, but being both of them tired, and the horse also tired, they rested awhile, and then set forth again, both of them riding the horse. The Fir was still suspicious about the horse, thinking that the two servants would perhaps agree together, and both of them mount him at the same time. So he sent a third servant to look after them. The third servant came and found them both astride the horse. " I will tell the Fir," he said, *' I will explain the whole matter to him." " Don't, don't," they replied, '* but yon come also and ride, and we shall have a jolly time." The man consented. They all rode the horse at one time, and arrived at their destination. But the next morning the animal died, and gfeat was the distress of the three servants ! ! Don ungajan chhuh nerun tia. One snaps with two fingers (not with one). It takes two to make a quarrel. 60 poni kulis hojih-waf. A pestle to the walnut-tree. A sharp fellow in their midst, of whom they are afraid. Vosti khutah chheh rusti jcm. Truth is better than friendship. Dostas seztnani tah dushmanas wukarmani, A straight open countenance to your friend ; a downcast look to your enemy. Most frequently cited by the mother, when her son wishes her " good-bye " before going to his day's work. Doyih athah cheh tsar wazun. Clapping is with both hands. It takes two to make a quarrel. Hindustani. — Elc hath se tali nahih lajti. Drag Ualih tah dag tjalih nah. The famine will disappear, but the stains will not disappear. During one of the terrible famines that have now and again visited Kashmir, a brother was nearly dead from want of food, when he sud- denly remembered a long-forgotten sister, and determined to go to her and see whether she could help him. On his arrival his sister happened to be making bread ; but she was too sharp for him. She had seen his coming, and guessing the reason of his long-deferred visit, took up the burning hot bread and hid it under her arm. Her bosom was very much scorched by this, and she retained the marks of the bum up to the time of her death. Kashmir has suffered very much in morals from famines. Driven to extremities the people seem to have lost all sense of self-respect. A little knowledge of the people and their language quickly con- vinces one too forcibly of the truth of the above words. Drag as zi chhai goya hik Mogas narak j)hah. Employment in time of famine is like the warmth of a fire in the month of January. Dralah hunar chhai hyakhui. An agent's profession is another matter. There's nothing that he is not up to. Merchants keep such men by them. At the time of bargaining they come in as if unawares and try to make a bargain for the sahib, or intending buyer, out of pure good-heartedness. The Dr4l gets a commission on the sale. He is a good-for-nothing, unprincipled fellow. There are two or three kind of Drdl 16k. Those who lend out money at interest, those who hire out their daughters for evil, and the merchants' agents. 61 Droti not ah. Like a sickle to cut meat with. A stupid workman. Du-zang khas^m tju-zangis. A two-legged mounting a four-legged. A man of inferior rank promoted, and " lording it " over otbera. Dud a 8 kandi tjurani. Picking thorns or bones out of the milk. An ovorscrupnlons firihman. J)m/ chhui daz&n. The end of (your) garment is burning (with enry). Extreme envy and jealousy. • Vum-duviah tah Jumah Bat. Jumah Bat and his drum. A very poor man. Juinah Bat was a town.crier for some time. He was a roan of good family, and had seen better days. — Vid " (TocbH driv" ^c pumaias runz. (Like) a marble against a dumaU A dvice to a fool. These dumcUa are very big conical stones (li^gims). and according to the Pandits as old as the Pindavas. They are supposed to be the petrified bodies of wicked man, whom some good people in olden times cursed, becaose they were troabled by them, and so they became stones. Golist&n of Sa'df. — Tarhiyat nd ahl rd chun girdgdn bar gutnhad ast. Dumb tah Uap hunsih mah dap, *' Stomach and bowels. Don't tell anyone." When a father forbears to beat his child, and another person blames him for his leniency, he thus replies. *' Dumbo, Jajir '* '* Taiydr, 56o.'* " O dumb, Hukka." " Ready, Sahib " A sharp, willing servant. Dumbah shurinax TehuTcarbdti hdw^n. Showing a thing (mask, &c.,) to frighten the Dumb*s children. *• Don't suppose that you're frightening me." The Dumhs are a plucky lot of fellows. They carry the letters at night through the jungle and over desolate hill and plain. 62 i)unyii chhuh nah dki danjih rozan, puhUh doh sdkh tahpahUh doh dokh. The world does not continue in the same state ; but there are five days of happiness and five days of sorrow. Dunyu tah dyur. The world and wealth (go together). Duragi hanz Duragi lur ; yits m',j tits hiir. Durag's stick (according to her height) ; and as mother, so daughter. Durikt dunk chhuh manats methun ; nakhah, nakhah chhuh hand iethan. From a distance black pepper is sweet ; near at hand sugar is bitter. Distance lends enchantment to the view. Familiarity breeds contempt. Dushmanahsandih lagih nah hanih Uanjih ; dostah sandih lagih jposhih Uanjih. The slap of the hand from an enemy will not hurt, but the angry touch, even with a flower, from a friend, will wound- A king sentenced a man to death by stoning. The order was that every man in the city should throw a stone at the prisoner. A friend of the man heard of the stern order, and said within himself, " What shall I do ? How can I throw a stone upon my friend ? I must not, and can not, hurt my dear and kind friend." Accordingly he plucked a flower, and determined to throw that when the time came, and to throw it so skilfully that the people would think that he had thrown a stone. He went to the place of execution and flung the flower at his friend, who then spoke the above proverb. Dyarahwol cJihuh nah hod ; batahwol chhuh hod Not the rich man, but the man who gives dinners, is great. Dyutmut 'khairut hyutnam phirit, shukrani majih tsul iup nirit ! What was given to me was taken away again, Shukr's mother lost a hair or two (that is all) ! 63 G Gabar chhiu lubar sih gai guris nishih tah ani ? Are children like manure, which people go and buy from the milkman ? Children are not so easily obtained, that they can be so easily spared. Gabik hutkih rumak-hun. A sheep in appearance, but a wolf at heart. A wolf in sheep's clothing. Gabih tih touUh laf. A sheep also can lift his tail. The smallest worm will turn being trodden npon. G/id chh^h daryuvas andar trethih bupal marin. The fish dies from thirst in the river. Every opportunity, yet ho did not succeed. Gud yUih chhek kh^iotin handrert tah adah chheh lagdn buth* When the fish feels the icy-cold it leaps upon the bank. Affliction is a hard, but a good, teacher. Gddak tasbih tah thukah tah&rat. (To carry) rosary (in one's hand) for loaves (and fishes) is as if to (perform) tah&rat (with one's) spittle. Tahdrat is the Muhammedan's ablations before prayers. Gddah tolil piWaang. Seeing whether the scales were correct, after the fish had been weighed. Without premeditation. Gadav hechhih wufah tah hunzuv h^chhih zul. The fishes learnt to jump and the boatmen learnt to use the net. An asylum for the maniac — a prison for the blackguard — a net for the fish. Gagar-mirani gang. The hole of Sir Rat. " He has well feathered his nest for somn time." The rat is always laying up stores. A Pandit dug out the hole of a rat the other day and found pieces of cloth, iron, little piles of rice, apples, &c., enough for several months' provisions. 64 Gagarik hanz hhetsarih lej. The mouse's khetsarih lej. Khefsarih lej is a saacepan in which spiced rice is cooked. Thd mouse is very fond of this rice, and as it does not remain very long when the mice are by, so money does not continue long in the hands of a man in debt. Gagur chhuh hardn hraris mat. The rat nonplasses the cat. Cited when anyone or anything small has escaped the oppression of a greater, and also caused him a little trouble. Gagur tsdv haMrih banih. Het hyah tsuv zih Ichet druv ? A rat entered a stock of wood.