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they asked him where Pabu was. He said Pabu had gone to 

 hunt. The Thoris said they would wait for him to come back, 

 and meanwhile asked the boy for the she-camel, which he rode, 

 to appease their hunger. The boy gave her to them, and went 

 away telling he was going to Pabu. The Thoris had scarcely 

 eaten the she-camel, than the boy came back, and what was 

 their surprise when they learned from the nurse that that boy 

 was Pabu himself The first question Pabu asked of them 

 was : " To where have you taken my camel ? " They said : 

 " You gave it to us, and we ate it." Pabu said it was 

 nonsense and sent them to see where they had left it. They 

 went to where they had left the skeleton, and there they found 

 the she-camel standing in flesh and bones. Then they under- 

 stood the power of that little boy and became his servants. 



From that day, the Thoris never left the side of Pabu. 

 Wherever he went, they accompanied him, ready to shed their 

 blood in the defence of their master. And there was no lack 

 of daring enterprises for men in the service of such a master, 

 for hardly had any adventure occurred to his mind, he was 

 already in for it. On the occasion of Euro's daughter being 

 married to Gogo Cahuvana, Pabu promised her as a marriage 

 gift the she-camels of Devo Sumaro. Now Devo was such a 

 powerful chief, that people used to call him " a second Havana. 

 Everyone laughed at Pabu's promise, but Pabu was in earnest 

 and sent Hariyo, one of his Thoris, to find out the whereabouts 

 of Devo. Meanwhile another task imposed itself on the hero, 

 and this was one of revenge. His sister Sona-bal, who had 

 been married to Slrohl, had been insulted by her husband. 

 One day, whilst she was_ playing at cdpara with her Vaghell 

 co-wife, — the daughter of Ano, — the latter despised her on the 

 ground she had had no ornaments in dowry and her brother 

 used to eat with the Thoris. To the latter remark, Sona-bal 

 replied that Pabu's Thoris were better than the very emirs in 

 the service of the rava, her husband, whereupon the rdva, who 

 overheard, gave her three cuts with his whip. On hearing of 

 the insult suffered by his sister, Pabu at once prepared to go to 

 revenge her. 



Before setting out, he went to take leave of his elder brother, 

 Buro, at the head of his Thoris. mounted on bis Kalavi mare. 



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This was a mare that had been born to the Kachela Caranas 

 by a mare fecundated by a marine horse. Being a mare of 

 superior qualities, many chiefs, and amongst these Jinda Rava 

 Khlcl and Buro, had been longing to possess her, but the 

 Caranas had refused her to everybody, except Pabu, to 

 whom they gave her at last on the condition he should draw 

 his sword for them, whenever they happened to be in need of 

 his help. On seeing Pabu coming on the Kalavi mare, his 



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sister-in-law, Doda Gahell, blamed him for having accepted a 

 horse that was desired by his elder brother, and scornfully 



