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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[APRIL, 1895.
वीसमण वांकडीआ फोफळ मळशे मोटी नात वहुजी. सोळसे, लखो सेलांशीळ तेल पाणनो शो आंक बहुजी. पांच वस्त्रना पचवीस वागा.चारचीकडीतास पहजी, ए आसरा पडतुंमेलखाब्यु बाप समारो रांक बहुजी.
लखो पछेडी पंदर कोडी पटोळी पचास बहुजी. | 235 तमने सोळ सणगार घडावे, बाप लडावे लाड बहुजी. 225 साठक मुकतांने सायेक सणियां चीर लखो चालीस घटेजमाइने सोना सांकळां तेमांभमने शीपाड बहुजी. बहुजी.
सहम मोहोर सोनानी रोकडी केसां पामे भीम बहुजी. धोतीयां तो श्राह्मणने जोहएते लखो कोडी वीस बहुजी परडां अमे माटे धर्मे लखामुन मळे झाझो लोभ बहुजी. जरकशीनी साडी रेसमी लखो कोडी बार बहुजी. | ए लख्याथी अदकुंकरो तो तमारां घरनी लाज बहुजी. सादी साडीओ लखो पणसे छायल लखो सेचार.240 सब मुख मुरडीनणीबोली शिथियां सर्वकाज वहजी. वहुजी.
भारे मोटाबे पाहाण लखावो जे मेताथी अपाय बहुजा. घरसाडी लग्यो दशविस कोडी सोळ कोडी लखो सी कहे शो शोर करोछो लखतां तारूं छु जाय घाट वहुजी.
बहुजी. 230 छींट मीरवी तुकडी सोएक नव कोडी लखो नाट
बलण. वहुजी. मसरू गजीभाणी दरीभाइ लखो थान पचासवहनी. j जाय लखतां आपणुं वडसासु वीकराकरे. हजार बारसी लखी कापडां लोक करे बहु भास
कुंवरबाइ चितामां पडी गुंथाशे गोपाळरे. बहुजी.
(To be continued.)
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF OBJECTS MADE AND USED BY THE
NATIVES OF THE NICOBAR ISLANDS.
BY E. H. MAN, C.I.E.
(Continued from p. 49.)
B. Articles of Bamboo and Cano. 65 (.). Kontöt (Car Nic. Hurat). Bamboo fre-sticks, generally used at the Northern
Islauda. A small piece of bamboo is split in half longitudinally; one half is placed on the ground, convex-side uppermost, with some dry cocoannt-fibre in the hollow space benenth to serve as tinder; the other half is then applied edgewise and Crosswise like a saw, but as rapidly as possible. In a short time the notch produced by the operation is so deep as to allow of the powdery ashes falling through on to the tinder below when, by instantly blowing on the latter for a few seconds, it gradually ignites. No practice or skill is needed to succeed at the first attempt
with this implement. 66 (w). Kenchwanla. Bamboo, or light wooden, stilts, used on the west coast of Camorta
Island in crossing a muddy foreshore at low water. 67 (in). Orang. Bamboo receptacle for holding tobacco or cigarettes. Used at Car
Nicobar. (11). Kenlunga-karau or Kenhoia-karau. Bamboo receptacle for holding spare iron
barbed-prongs to replace those in their mien spears (vide Nos. 17 to 2]), which they
may happen to break. 69 (m). Nang-shun (C.N. Chuk-nama). Bamboo receptacle, containing shell-lime for
the use of betel-chewers. These articles are disually sold in pairs (tak-shun), or in sets of four (amok-shun). Shell-lime is made at Car Nicobar, Katchal, and portions of Camortu, Nancowry, and Southern Group. Its manufacture is tabued in
the remaining localities. 70 (m Hannös-hebe or Pannöa-heõe (C. N. Fana-kuata-möiya). Short bamboo blow$. f). pipes to serve the purpose of bellows. The mouth is applied to the larger orifice,
50 tbat, by blowing into the tube, a strong current of air is produced through the
small hole in the node at the other end. 71 (m). Hendeh. Bamboo utensil, used in tapping tarn from the cocoanut spadia. Is
usually employed in the Southern Group (vide No. 34).
