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They went to the palace and they entered the gate on the North They went to a room in the South', set fire to the King's bed, and hid his box of jewels. They burnt the greater of the 'Séttis' houses and the shops of the Paļuver merchants. They burnt down the town entirely.
"Do you brother, possess the females, I will possess the males," said she.
They made the people of five thousand houses mad at Karkal. They dipped the King's mother in water for seven nights. They appeared in the day time, but disappeared at night.
"Do you, brother, throw stones, and I will set fire to the house," said she. "You King, destroyed my brother by cutting off his hand and foot during his life; but we will ruin you now that we are dead."
They put a dead body of a dog in the palace and the ordure of men and other filth.
“Rama, Bermetti! these Bhutas do not leave me! Who are they that worship Bhůtas, and will keep them quiet?” said the King. Nallyana Kalyandâr, and one who had finished all his studies of magic; Adauga of Kallabotti, Boyyandar of Kalai, and Maradauga the Jantiri of Blathikala went to him.
“Though there are many to charm or enchant, we do not come under their enchantment or mantram. King, you ruined my brother in your life, now we will ruin you in our death!" said the sister.
None of the magicians could succeed : -"Who else can do better" asked the King.
"There is one Hoilår at Ubar, he is & very learned man, a great magician and a good conjurer. If he be called, it is good," sad the King's servante.
He sent a man with a letter to call him. Hoilår saw and read the letter asking him to come immediately. He bnthed, took his food, dressed himself and started to go to the King. When he descended to the river at Ubar, the brother and the sister, who had followed the bearer of the letter, said to him :-"Will you turn back? Or shall we throw on you the stones in this river ?”
Hoilir went running back and entered a roum in the south of his house, and then sat on a box of bell-metal, He became very sorry for himself: "On account of these Bhútas 11 powerful King sent me a messenger. What can I do?" said he.
Then he besought the Bhatas: "If you come under the power of my mantram, I will build a house for your worship, cover it with tiles, put a spire on it, make japam with milk, present you with a girdle of silver and a chain, too, and a belt with silver flowers. Also, if you let me succeed at Karka! wben I get there, I will perform a feast for you, with all these jewels," said he.
"If we are to do this you must not use any charm or play any trick, but must do what we wish. We want half a ser of white tumbl flour, a ser of green rice, stone chunam, a cane, a betel. leaf on an Areca-tree, and a mundolli leaf on a mango tree, and the milk of a red pregnant cow. These are to be given us. Now go to Kärka! of the five thousand houses. I will help you to be successful, and I will make the King present you with a remission of revenue in times of extreme scarcity. Do you sit in a room and worship us there. Then open your betel-nut bag and begin to chew betel-nut. While you sit there chewing, we will come to yon. Thon you should catch and place us in a nut and put it in your bag, and then take it to Ubår," said the sister.
Afterwards this Hoñlar went to Kirka! and held a mantravada. He sat in the room on the East, opened his bag and secured the Bhitas in a nut, and then every thing improved. The King's mother who was sunk in the water came up, and every thing became as it was before.
Hoïlår brought the nut in the same way to Ubar. He built a room for worship, roofed it with tiles, put a top over it, performed a feast and trusted in those Bhutas as the gods of his
