This refers to the Redpepper husk in which there are many white seeds. B. PROVERBS. DOTAGE. To an old man people say: 8. _Tú_ _djarro_ _môto_ _shûdung_ thou and old brains delivered, “You are old and have got rid of your senses.” Old women are very much dreaded and are accused of creating mischief wherever they go. DUTIES TO THE AGED. 9. (_G._[16]) _Djuwanie_ _keneru_ _digasus_, _djarvelo_ _betshumus_. In youth’s time I gave, in old age I demand. “When young I gave away, now that I am old you should support me.” A BURNT CHILD, ETC., ETC. 10. _Ek damm agáru dáddo dugúni shang thé!_ Once in fire you have been burnt, a second time take care! EVIL COMMUNICATIONS, ETC., ETC. 11. _Ek khatsh látshek bilo búdo donate she._ One bad sheep if there be, to the whole flock is an insult = One rotten sheep spoils the whole flock. 12. _Ek khatsho manújo budote sha_ = _one_ bad man is to _all_ an insult. ADVICE TO KEEP GOOD COMPANY. 13. A. _Mishto manújo—katshi béyto, to mishto sitshé_ _Katsho manujo—katshi béyto, to katsho sitshe_ When you [who are bad?] are sitting near a good man you learn good things. When you [who are bad?] are sitting near a bad man you learn bad things. This proverb is not very intelligible, if literally translated. DIMMI CON CHI TU PRATTICHI, ETC., ETC. 14. _Tús máte rá: mey shughulo ró hun, mas tute rám: tu ko hanu_ = “Tell me: my friend is such and such a one, I will tell you who _you_ are.” DISAPPOINTMENT. 15. _Sháharè kéru gé shing shém thé—konn tshiní tey tshiní téyanú._ “Into the city he went horns to place (acquire), but ears he cut thus he did. He went to acquire horns and got his ears cut off.” HOW TO TREAT AN ENEMY. _Dî dé, putsh kàh_ = “give the daughter and eat the son,” is a Gilgit proverb with regard to how one ought to treat an enemy. The recommendation given is: “marry your daughter to your foe and then kill him,” [by which you get a male’s head which is more valuable than that of a female.] The Dards have sometimes acted on this maxim in order to lull the suspicions of their Kashmir enemies.[17] C. FABLES. THE WOMAN AND THE HEN. 16. _Eyk tshéekeyn kokói ek asílli; sése sóni thúl (hané) déli; setshéy-se kokóïte zanmá láo wîi; tulé dù déy thé; (food, grain) eggs two giving does; sè ékenu lang bilí; kokói dêr páy, múy._ this one rid got; the hen’s stomach bursting, died. MORAL.—_Anésey maní aní haní_ = the meaning of this is this: _Láo_ _arém thé_ _ápejo_ _lang_ _biló_. Much to gain the little lost becomes. _Translation._ A woman had a hen; it used to lay one golden egg; the woman thought that if she gave much food it would lay two eggs; but she lost even the one, for the hen died, its stomach bursting. MORAL.—People often lose the little they have by aspiring to more.