72 THE LUSHEI CLANS CHAP.

. Make us to flourish like a hai tree.
Bless us while the sun shines,
Bless us while the moon shines.

May those above bless us, may those below us bless us.
Guard us from our enemies, guard us from, death.
Favour us with flesh. (May we have success in the

chase.)

Favour us with the produce of the jungle.
For ten, for a hundred years bless us. .
Bless us in killing man, bless us in shooting animals,
Bless us in cultivating our jhums, bless us in cultivating

the beans.
Guard us in the presence of men, guard us in the presence

of animals. Bless us in our old age,
Bless us when our heads are bowed down.
Guard us from the spear, guard us from the dah.
Those whom our grandmothers worshipped guard us,
Those whom our grandfathers worshipped guard us.
Bless us in spite of the faults in this our chant,
Bless us in spite of the faults in this our worship."

Bualchuam hill is the hill in which the first men built their
first village, Buhmam the hill on which the first bird's nest
was built by a crow. The other hills mentioned give a clue to
the village sites of the first Lushei chiefs. The omission of a
prayer to be preserved from the danger of gunshots shows that
the chant has remained unaltered in spite of the gun having
superseded the dah and the spear.

2. There are many sorts of Khal. The following are some of the

Khal. most important.

Vok-te-JDiaL—A small pig killed near the head of the
parents' sleeping platform, flesh cooked inside the house, and the
skull hung over the sleeping place. The sherh consisting
of the heart and liver and fat, are kept for the night in a pot
with salt and rice and then thrown away. The day of the
sacrifice and the night following are " hrilh " for the household.

Ar-Khal,—Similar to the Vok-te, but a red cock is killed,
and instead of the head, the long feathers from above the tail,
called " fep" by the Lushais, are strung on a cane and hung