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To take out the boat when a strong wind is blowing. An ansuitable time for aiiy work. Welinjik peth icukhul, A mortar upon the clothes-line. I mpossiblo. Natives tie lines of string right across their rooms and hang clothes, vegetables, &o., apon it. JVeshumitntn surug. Wt'shamitar's heaven. To (iio on tho completion of any great object. Wethamitar was a rikhis. or arch-saint, among the Hindus. Ho mado a hoavon fur himself, and when ho had Gnished it and had just sot foot on the doorstop to enter therein, ho died. Wnth poshih nah at hah chhalanas- The river-water will not be enough for washing his hands. A wasteful, extravagant, man. WSth is the Jhelam river in its course through Kashmir. TFeth fjhenid zih panun tjhenih ? Will the dividing of the river be as if any of your own relations were going to be hurt ? Your own is your own, another's is another's. fVt'.thi kati chhdk grazan zih ugarah ? O Wcth, whence are you roaring? From the spring. The spring of a woman's happinosd is tier husband's love, tho spring of a man's prosperity is a friend's help, the spring of a nation's distress is tho ruler's mismanagement. W^thih nt'ibad pkul. Some sugar-candy for the river. A little gift lost in the vastness of the receiver's need. TFetjur-Nf'gai marutjah n'-bad. (Eating) the sugar and pepper at Wetsnr-Nag. To break one's journey for rest and food, or to eat at home tho food which was prepared for the journey. Gangabal is a stream tributary to the Sindh river. Hither go those Pandits bearing the ashes of dead relations who died during the previous year, which they throw into the sacred stream with great reverence. Cf. note " Siryas hyuh na/j," .^c. When going tothis place, while ascending the Barut mountain they sometimes fall sick either 30 234 from the effects of the rarified atmosphere, or else from overtired- ness ; and so the pilgrims are advised to take some sugar and pepper with them and eat these as medicines, if they should feel ill. These sngar and pepper are not on any account to be eaten at Wetsar-Nag. On one occasion a little boy about six years old, not having been well instructed in the manners of the pilgrimage, began to eat some of his sugar-candy at Wetsar Nag, a march or so too early. IVoni hudih tah pavm/mah thurih. The shopkeeper will grow old and throw ahout the scales. A useless, old servant. Woni cJikui poni Jcisarih tali. Hurih hastis hewdn muli. The shopkeeper is like water below rice-chaff. He buys an elephant for a cowrie ; — (sharp, cunning fellow !) Woni gav sut yus pum's bozih hisob. He is a shopkeeper, who understands (even) the worth (of a drop) of water, (so that he does not waste a trifle of any- thing). Woni gav sui yus machh Uahih. A shopkeeper is he who will hck up a fly (i.e., will not waste a scrap). A shopkeeper married his daughter in very grand style. During the ceremony he placed some very valuable pearls upon her veil. Everywhere his name became distinguished because of this splendid wedding. Some days after the wedding was concluded two merchants came to him bringing some honey for sale. He bought it, and while he was storing it away in his shop he noticed a fly in one of the pots, which he extricated, licked the honey off from it, and then threw away. His daughter chanced to see him do this dirty trick and despised him for it. " Father," said she, " how could you be so vulgar after having spent so much money over my wedding and appeared so grand ! " The girl was so upset by this act of her father's that she got ill, and only became well again ,vhen it was proved to her that this extreme care, which her father manifested, had alone enabled him to spend such an enormous sum of money over the wedding. Wuchhit un tah bdzit zur. Seeing, yet blind, and hearing, yet deaf. See all and hear all, but say nothing. 235 Wuchhlo "kyahpyav husnas iv&v ; runtasih hinih Sh^ih Mul n^iv. Look, what a misfortune has happened to beauty ; people have given the ugly woman the name of Shah Mai. 8hdh Mdl is the uamo of a great and beautiful woman. Wudah-Puruk be^garaz. The independent, lazy people of Wudapur. Wudapilr is a village in the Utar pargana. The people areas they are proverbially represented. No person, if thoy can help it, wiU take a servant from the village. Wufawane rafanih. Catching (birds or) things as they fly. " Credulous f ools ."— Shaks. ** fTuhld khasun kuthu zih wasun?** " Har-du Idnat." " O camel, how do you going up and coming down hills V* '*0h, both are a curse.'* There is a touch of the curse about everything down here. Wunth budyov tak mutkar harun heehhun nah. The camel has become aged and has not learned how to help himself. Old age is second childhood. Persian. — Bhutwr jAr shud shdshidan na amolcht, Wuhtah natjun tah khar dhang chhch mashhur. A camel's dancing and an ass's braying are well-known. A work out of time and oat of place. A camel and an ass were gracing in the same meadow together, when suddenly the ass brayed very loud. * Be quiet," said the camel, *' you will disturb the whole neighbourhood and the people will come out, and catch as and bind ns, and we shall henceforth have to carry burdens. Be not so foolish, I pray you." But the ass did not desist; on the contrary he brayed the louder, and the consequence was that some men hearing the noise came forth and caught both the animals. The camel was filled with rage, but kept his counsel, determining to revenge himself upon the ass at the earliest opportunity. One day both the camel and the ass were walking together carry- ing loads, when they arrired at a bridge, upon which the camel began to dance with all his power. *' Steady, steady," cried the ass, " you will break the bridge and we both shall bo precipitated into the deep river." But the camel did not hear ; on the contrary he seemed to dance more clumsily and with greater vigour, until presently the beams of the bridge snapped into two pieces and they both fell into the water and were killed. Cf. Journal, Asiatic Society, Bengal, Vol. LII., Part 1, p. 90, the Rev. C. Swyunerton's tale of " The Four Associates." 236 TFunuh tnm thuktam suzaharih sun chhum ; Ajih hurih hanahuKij druyi no. Wunuk tdm thuktam mdlin kronui ; Az nai dkn fshutsah-konui droi. Up to this day you boast about the gold in your purse ; But never so much as an earring of half-a-cowrie's worth has appeared. Up to this day you boast about your father's house and people ; But to the present day not an empty walnut even has come out of it. Empty boasting. Wupar mahalluk gav kukar Uur. A man from another district is a thiever of fowls. Srinagar is divided into several mahallas. People of one mahalla dislike very mucli to have anything to do with the people of another mahalla. The people of the one will not receive the people of the other ; the children of the one will beat and abuse the children from the other ; and the very dogs also will not recognise one another in a friendly way. It is a constant occurrence to lose fowls, &c., as a natural consequence of this estrangement. Wupasladas chhuh hurt pat ai. A dog following after a fasting man. One trouble after another. Wurah-gahar chhih sorah khyuL Wurah-molis torih dab zangih. Wurah-mdlis khorah rut. Step-sons are like a herd of swine. A stroke with the chisel upon the feet of the step-father, A chain for the feet of the step-father. Wurun wuchhit gaUhih khor waharun. A man should stretch out his feet after looking at the bed- clothes. Marathi. — Hdtrun pdhun pdya pasardve. '* Wushini benit yuharin wulah,^^ '* turuni beni uharin gafsh.'* " O warm (i.e., rich) sister, come here. O cold sister, go there.'* Cupboard love. In Kashmir a wealthy man is called a warm man, ak garm mdhynuv j a rich tomb (place of pilgrimage,) is called alt garm zidrat. 237 Wufshneras hhal khish ; turneras mal mish. To a warm (j.e., a wealthy) man, his heart's desire; but to a cold man {i.e.y poverty), filth aud repulsion. Khal khish, lit., elaughter of boasts. Mish is a general word said with a drawl for urging cattle along, Ac. *'fFuth nush hut khasr *' Ayas kyah karanih ?" *'Ilise, O daughter-in-law, aud get up to your room." " What else have I come for?" One's duty. People are married very early in the country of Kashmfr, if their parents can afford it.