Then he went off to demand the price from the debtor again, who gave him a goat which passed nothing but amber and cornelian beads, and said, "Take it carefully home." "All right," said he. He stayed the night at the same widow's house, and when he was going out to stroll through the village he said, "Granny, you will be careful not to kick my goat on the rump, won't you?" "All right," said she, but directly he was out of sight she kicked the goat and he passed many beads. "It is a good goat," she said, and secretly substituted her own goat for it. Her guest went off and directly he reached his house he called out, "Prepare strings for necklaces. Prepare strings for necklaces." His children replied, "Father, we have nothing to put on the strings. What is the good of the strings alone?" "I have got beads, I have got beads," he cried. So they prepared a winnowing basket full of threads. Then he gave the goat several good kicks on the rump, but it only passed filth and bleated loudly. Then he went again to demand payment and was given a mallet and a piece of cane. "The name of this piece of cane is 'Ramdia,'" they said. He set off for home and again stayed in the same old woman's house and put Ramdia and his mallet down among the firewood, and as he started for his stroll he said, "Granny, don't touch this cane, will you? It is called Ramdia--and you won't touch the mallet either, will you?" "All right," she said, but no sooner was he gone than, saying, "They are valuable things," she touched them both. The cane wound round and round her and the mallet began to beat her. She was in terrible trouble and shouted to her neighbours; wherever she went the mallet beat her and beat her till she died. [2. Superstitions.] The Lushais are an extremely superstitious race; any unusual occurrence is considered as portending some evil results. The meaning of the word "thianglo" has been already explained in Chapter IV, para. 4. Certain acts, dreams, or sights are universally considered "thianglo," or unlucky, but should a Lushai see any unusual sight or hear an unusual sound he would at once consider that some misfortune was imminent and take advice from the puithiam as to how it could be avoided. The following are some of the superstitions connected with cultivation.