OMITTED INCIDENTS.

The incidents which were omitted in vol. ii and vol. iii are as

follows:--

Vol. ii, p. 260, line 3. Then at dawn, at the micturition time,

urine having become oppressive (bara-wi) for the Tom-tom Beater,

he spoke to the Gamarala. At that time the Gamarala having become

frightened said, "The Rakshasa will eat us both; don't speak." Then

the Tom-tom Beater, having remained on the upper-story floor,

urinated. The urine came and fell on the body of the Rakshasa who

was sleeping on the ground. At that time the Rakshasa having arisen

asked the Gamarala's daughter. "What is the juice?" Then the girl said,

"For the purpose of smearing the walls during the day-time, I put some

water upon the upper floor. It will have been upset (namanda aeti)

by the rats." Thereupon the Rakshasa silently went to sleep.

Then the Tom-tom Beater still [another] time became [obliged] to go

outside. [337] At that time having spoken to the Gamarala he told

him. The Gamarala said, "Don't talk." Thereupon the Tom-tom Beater

evacuated. Then the filth having gone, fell on the Rakshasa's body. The

Rakshasa having arisen, at the hand of the girl, having scolded her,

asked, "What is this?" Thereupon the girl says, "I put some cow-dung

on the upper-story floor; it (lit. they) will have fallen." Then the

Rakshasa without speaking went to sleep.

Vol. iii, p. 290, line 4. Thereupon, in the night, for the Hettirala

it became [necessary] to go outside.[337] So he spoke to Sokka, "I

must go outside." Then Sokka cried out, "I cannot [find a utensil]

in this night." When he was beseeching him to go to the door, having

sought for a cooking-pot from there he gave him it.

During the whole thirty [paeyas] of that night the Hettirala began

to have diarrhoea. Then at dawn, when the Hettirala was saying,

"Sokka, take away and put down this closet utensil (muttiya),"

Sokka began to cry aloud, "I will not." Then at the time when the

Hettirala was asking Sokka, "What shall I do for this?" Sokka says,

"Putting on a cloth from the head [downwards], and placing the closet

utensil in your armpit, go in the manner of proceeding to go outside,

and having put it down please return." After that, the Hettirala having

done thus, when the Hettirala was going Sokka went and said at the hand

of the Hettirala's younger sister, "The Hettirala having become angry

is going, maybe. Please go and take him by the hand." The woman having

gone running and said, "Elder brother, where are you going?" caught him

by the hand. Then the closet utensil having fallen on the ground, and

the bodies of both persons having been smeared, both went and bathed.

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