XXXVI. 

 THE FIERY-TAILED SUN-BIRD. 



is a country that, in olden time, was 

 looked upon as a kind of magic region. 



The travellers who made their way 

 thither, brought home wonderful accounts 

 of the products of the place. But gradually the 

 fairy region became more trodden and better 

 known. In these days, every part of India is 

 familiar. 



It reaches from the ranges of the Himalaya 

 Mountains to the point of Cape Comorin ; and 

 though the fables once believed have passed away, 

 it is well known to abound in the rarest and the 

 richest productions. 



