" BHADAI " — THE DOG. 95 Tigers will sometimes eat animals that they have not killed themselves, but this is not usual. '5^^=Beng. t« I t^ is the common word for a deer in Assamese, not an animal as in Bengali. 283. " BhadaL " ^n^1 C^T^tt ^th"^ "^K^, Kako nepai Bbadaik pale, Muchari saraari khalait thale. Having found no one better he got " hhddai" And squeezed her into the fish basket. Bhadai~is a common name amongst girls in Assam. Here it means a small inferior fish. 284. " KarshaUy Khai kdrsala dalat uthil, Kathi ch.lekar maran milil. The kdrsald having eaten something (on the trunk) climbed up into the branches, The animal that licked the Mthi met its death. Tha *• kdrshald *' is a small snake. ■^^ is a small piece of bamboo used in making wicker work. In Kamrup ^i^ means verandah. The meaning of the proverb is that the innocent is punished instead of the guilty. 285. The dog. Khud maganiar kukur shatru. The dog is even the enemy of the poor beggar. t^ is properly rice refuse.
