The domestic animals were changed into wild ones, but a number of large boulders in the Van-laiphai are said to represent Chhura's mithan which were grazing there at the Thimzing. After this terrible catastrophe the world was again repeopled by men and women issuing from a hole in the earth called the "Chhinglung," which appeared to me to be a disused "cache" in which some long forgotten chief used to hide his valuables on the approach of danger. Mithan reappeared from gourd seeds, as is shown by their bellow "um mu"--i.e., gourd seed. Pigs issued from the Rih-lake, wherefore they come to their food when called "rih rih." Fowls were re-created from the mud, so to this day they answer to the call "chirih chirih," i.e., "chir mud." It is not quite clear how, if representatives of the different clans were changed into various animals, these same clans again issued from the Chhinglung, but our own legends are not always quite easy to follow. The following is a translation of a Lushai account of the repeopling of the world and of a feast which is said to have taken place soon after:-- "The place whence all people sprang is called Chhinglung. All the clans came out of that place. Then two Ralte came out together, and began at once chattering, and this made Pathian think there were too many men, and so he shut down the stone. After a short time Thlandropa was going to hold a Khuangchoi, and told them to call together all the people of the world, and when this had been done he held his Khuangchoi. They said to the sun, 'Do not shine, because we want our leader the Sa-huai (Loris) to lead us in the dance,' and the sun said, 'All right.' At that time the Sa-huai and all the animals could talk, and the bamboo rat was beating the drum, and they all danced, and in the middle of their fun the sun said, 'Oh, how I do want to look,' and shone out, and all the animals got hot, and could not dance any more, so the Sa-huai got angry and quarrelled with the sun, and won't even look at it nowadays. There was a great feast of flesh, but the owl got no meat, so he got angry, and went and sat on the bough of a tree, and Zuhrei, the big rat, chaffed him and said, 'Buka has eaten his fill.' Then the owl being still hungry, got angry and bit Zuhrei. Since that day they have been at war, and if the owl sees Zuhrei he assuredly bites him." The point of the allusion to the Ralte is that this clan is famed throughout the Hills for the loquacity of its members. Another story connected with this feast is that Thlandropa gave a number of presents: to the ancestor of the Poi or Chin tribes he gave a fighting dao, while the ancestor of the Lushais only received a cloth, which is the reason that the Poi tribes are braver than the Lushais. On my asking what the ancestor of the white man had received, I was told he had received the knowledge of reading and writing--a curious instance of the pen being considered mightier than the sword.