ve diverted himself in a similar way.

It is still reported in Belgaum that Appay Deasy was wont to amuse
himself "by making several young and beautiful women stand side by
side on a narrow balcony, without a parapet, overhanging the deep
reservoir at the new palace in Nipani. He used then to pass along
the line of trembling creatures, and suddenly thrusting one of them
headlong into the water below, he used to watch her drowning, and
derive pleasure from her dying agonies."--History of the Belgaum
District. By H. J. Stokes, M. S. C.

312 Chitraratha, King of the celestial choristers.

313 It is said that the bamboo dies after flowering.

314 "Thirty centuries have passed since he began this memorable journey.
Every step of it is known and is annually traversed by thousands:
hero worship is not extinct. What can Faith do! How strong are the
ties of religion when entwined with the legends of a country! How
many a cart creeps creaking and weary along the road from Ayodhya to
Chitrakut. It is this that gives the Ramayan a strange interest, the
story still lives." _Calcutta Review: Vol. XXIII._

315 See p. 72.

316 Four stars of the sixteenth lunar asterism.

317 In the marriage service.

318 The husks and chaff of the rice offered to the Gods.

319 An important sacrifice at which seventeen victims were immolated.

320 The great pilgrimage to the Himalayas, in order to die there.

321 Known to Europeans as the Goomtee.

322 A tree, commonly called _Ingua_.

323 Sacrificial posts to which the victims were tied.

324 Daughter of Jahnu, a name of the Ganges. See p. 55.

325 The _Maina_ or Gracula religiosa, a favourite cage-bird, easily
taught to talk.

326 The Jumna.

327 The Hindu name of Allahabad.

328 The Langur is a large monkey.

329 A mountain said to lie to the east of Meru.

330 Another name of the Jumna, daughter of the Sun.

331 "We have often looked on that green hill: it is the holiest spot of
that sect of the Hindu faith who devote themselves to this
incarnation of Vishnu. The whole neighbourhood is Rama's country.
Every headland has some legend, every cavern is connected with his
name; some of the wild fruits are still called _Sitaphal_, being the
reputed food of the exile. Thousands and thousands annually visit
the spot, a