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OCTOBER, 1907.]
A REPORT ON THE PANJAB HILL TRIBES.
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LXXVII. - Stimulants and Medicines, 259. Stimulants and medicines are indifferently used. Some men do not use medicines prepared by a doctor who is of a low caste. Medicines, containing anything the use of which is prohibited by religion, are not used. No particular custom deserves mention.
280. People use wine at the time of the Holi or on any other happy occasion. 261, Wine is often used as a preventive of epidemios, like cholera, etc.
262. Drinking and use of other stimulants is regarded in the following manner by people :
(1) Excessive drinking is badly thonght of, if it produces lowness of spirits and brain fever. If it is used in small quantities, so as not to bring on excitement, or not to retard the ordinary course of business, then it is considered no barm to drink.
(2) The use of charas and ganja (intoxicating homp drugs ) is considered wicked.
(8) Use of opium to prevent some bodily disease or infirmity is not thought badly of, but otherwise it is looked down upon.
(4) To smoke chandu (a hemp drug) is considered wrong. (5) The use of bhang (a light hemp drag) in summer as a cooling draught is thought good.
( To be continued.)
MISCELLANEA. THE SEASONS OF GIRDHAR SADHU.
By the Poeless Sanvri Sakhi. Text.
Translation Girdhar, banst baji; Shâm, teri Awaz sunkar Girdhar, thy lute sounded; Sham, hearing main dauri.
the sound I hastened to thee. Rimjhim rimjhim meh& barseh tat: Jamna
Heavily, heavily fell the rain : I hastened to par lagt jhafi.
the Jamna.
Pahla mahina Asâșh lagiya; mera dil ho raba
bborangi. Pandit, joshi, sabhi bajh liye ; bajh liya ramta jogt.
Girdhar, bansf baji, &c.
II.
Dasra mabina Sawan lagiya; haryali ho raht
jangal men. Dam dam par yad karon; thi jhurwat apne mablån men. Girdhar, banal baji, &c.
III. Bbadoo mahina it ghan garje, dhamak tarin,
chhatyån larzeń. WA, Man Mohan, kathori mere dil ka, dard kof nabin bajhe.
Girdhar, badsl baji, &c.
The first month June has come; my heart is in
a turmoil. Priesta, astrologers, all have I consulted; I have consulted the wandering jogi. Girdhar, thy lute sounded, &c.
II. The second month July has come; the grass is
green in the woodlands. Every moment I recall them; there was suffering in my palace. Girdhar, thy lute sounded, &c.
III. In the third month August the clouds thunder,
and the lightning falls and the heart grieves. Alas, Man Mohan, fascinator of my heart, no one considers my pain. .
Girdhar, thy lute sounded, &c.
