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repeats to him the next story, that of " the two young Lions, and the 

 young Jackall, brought up with them, but who betrays his origin by his 

 cowardice, and is advised by the old Lioness, his adoptive mother, to 

 withdraw quietly, lest his foster brothers find him out and destroy him." 

 The potter takes the hint, and walks quietly off. 



The ensuing stories tend to the disparagement of the fair sex. The first 

 is that of a Brdhmaii, who quits his home and family, and reUnquishes half 

 his life, for the sake of a spouse, who, notwithstanding, deserts him for a 

 lame beggar, and attempts his life : a story that is told also in the Dasa 

 Kumdra. The next is to shew that there is no pleasing women, without 

 complying with all their caprices ; as the minister Vararuchi, to conciliate 

 his wife, submitted to have his head shaved ; and his royal master, Nanda, 

 to gratify his queen, allowed her to put a bridle in his mouth, and mounting 

 on his back, compel him to carry her about, neighing at the same time, 

 like a horse. 



The next story in this section, is an apologue of very familiar character. 

 " A washerman, the owner of an ass, dresses him up with the skin of a tiger, 

 to frighten away intruders from his field : after a time, the ass betrays himself 

 by his braying, and gains a beating from the villagers." This is given in 

 the Hitojyadeia, in the third section. 



The ninth tale is of a villager's wife, who is tempted to run away from 

 her husband, and carry off his wealth. When she arrives, with her gallant, 

 at a river, he persuades her to entrust him with the property, and her 

 clothes, to convey them across ; after which he is to return for her. This, 

 however, he omits to do, and she is deserted. In this state she sees a 

 .Tackall approach with a piece of meat in its mouth. The Jackall, seeing a 

 fish on the edge of the water, lays down the meat, to make the fish his 

 prey : the fish escapes ; and, in the mean time, a vulture carries off the 

 meat. The deserted wife laughs at the incident, when the Jackall thus 

 applies it to herself: « Your wisdom is double that of mine ; for here you 

 are, naked in the water, and have neither a husband nor a gallant." 



The story of " the Sparrows and Monkey," is the same as that of 

 " the Birds and Monkeys," in the beginning of the third section of the 

 Hitupadcsa. 



The two next stories, which complete this section, are those of "the Jack- 

 all, who by his craft preserved the carcase of a dead Elej)hant from a Lion 

 and a Tiger, and by his courage fi-om another Jackall j" and " the Dog who 



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