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and softer call note than that of the Chandana or 

 the Tiya, and is decidedly more intelligent and affec- 

 tionate. It is found in the sub-Himalayan regions, and 

 is also abundant in the jungles of Assam, Sylhet, Hill- 

 Tipperah, extending to the Malayan Peninsula and Java. 

 It is exported thence for sale to the other parts of 

 the country. 



THE STORY OF THREE KAJLA PARROTS. 



The only son of a poor woman, and she a widow, lay 

 sick unto death. The mother had done all she could 

 towards alleviating his suffering and saving his life, and 

 was ready to lay down her own to preserve that of her 

 son. But slender was the hope of recovery ! Doctors 

 and Kavirajs had given the case up. It was by the 

 merest accident that Svamiji, Janardan's great master and 

 spiritual guide had come to see the patient. Though 

 not a physician by profession, Svamiji had a thorough 

 knowledge of the Indian medicinal plants, and of their, 

 habits and haunts, as well as a fair insight into the Hindu 

 system of medicine as practised by the ancient masters 

 of the healing art in India. As it were by an unerring 

 instinct, he would sometimes come to the determination 

 of a disease, and the selection of proper remedies ; 

 at least such proved to be the case on the present 

 occasion. Having given some simple directions as 

 to diet and hygiene, and having pronounced his 

 benedictions upon the patient, he left his bed- 

 side and took the road, equipped as he was, in 



