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224 THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY.
jecting all faulty nurses, and having given four times sixty
small-breasted, honey-like, milk-producing nurses, and
paying great homage to the infant, the king bestowed a re-
ward upon Chundra-devee; when she, receiving the favour,
returned it again to her lord.
Upon the day the child was named, the king caused the
prognosticating bramhuns to be called, and, making large
presents to them, enquired concerning the child's destiny.
The bramhuns examined the marks on the child, and said,
*0 most illustrious sovereign, this child is replete with
every propitious and excellent quality; he is qualified to
govern not only this single island, but the two thousand
surrounding islands; nor do we perceive the least evil in
his destiny.' The king was pleased, and proceeded to name
the child. Upon the day of his birth it rained all over the
kingdom of Kasheeku. On that day the heart of the king,
and the hearts of all his subjects, became tranquil. The
child too was born wet, and was therefore called Temee.
When the child was a month old, the nurses, embracing
him, brought him to the king; who, viewing his beloved
child, kissed its head, and, causing it to be placed upon his
lap, remained satisfied.
At this hour, four thieves were brought before the king,
who commanded one of them to receive a thousand stripes
with a prickly whip; another to be cast into prison; an-
other to be pierced with a spear; and the other to be placed
upon a shoolee k. Miiha-sutwu, hearing the words of the
father, was afraid; and, trembling, reflected thus: 'My
father, obliged to be a king, has committed many weighty
and hell-deserving deeds.'
k An instrument upon which the criminal is impaled.
jecting all faulty nurses, and having given four times sixty
small-breasted, honey-like, milk-producing nurses, and
paying great homage to the infant, the king bestowed a re-
ward upon Chundra-devee; when she, receiving the favour,
returned it again to her lord.
Upon the day the child was named, the king caused the
prognosticating bramhuns to be called, and, making large
presents to them, enquired concerning the child's destiny.
The bramhuns examined the marks on the child, and said,
*0 most illustrious sovereign, this child is replete with
every propitious and excellent quality; he is qualified to
govern not only this single island, but the two thousand
surrounding islands; nor do we perceive the least evil in
his destiny.' The king was pleased, and proceeded to name
the child. Upon the day of his birth it rained all over the
kingdom of Kasheeku. On that day the heart of the king,
and the hearts of all his subjects, became tranquil. The
child too was born wet, and was therefore called Temee.
When the child was a month old, the nurses, embracing
him, brought him to the king; who, viewing his beloved
child, kissed its head, and, causing it to be placed upon his
lap, remained satisfied.
At this hour, four thieves were brought before the king,
who commanded one of them to receive a thousand stripes
with a prickly whip; another to be cast into prison; an-
other to be pierced with a spear; and the other to be placed
upon a shoolee k. Miiha-sutwu, hearing the words of the
father, was afraid; and, trembling, reflected thus: 'My
father, obliged to be a king, has committed many weighty
and hell-deserving deeds.'
k An instrument upon which the criminal is impaled.