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ORAL TRADITION FROM THE INDUS.
Scale 1 In: = 24 Miles.
(Frontispiece). THE VILLAGE HÛJRÂ, OR GUEST HOUSE.
ORAL TRADITION FROM THE INDUS.
COMPRISED IN TALES.
TO WHICH ARE ADDED EXPLANATORY NOTES.
BY
MAJOR J. F. A. McNAIR, R.A., C.M.G.,
Author of “Perak and the Malays,” “Prisoners their own Warders,” &c., &c.,
AND
THOMAS LAMBERT BARLOW,
Late Superintendent, Chief Salt-range, India.
Revised and Corrected,
1908.
ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN BY MISS L. FENN,
FROM SKETCHES BY THE AUTHORS.
Brighton:
PRINTED AT THE CRANBOURNE PRINTING WORKS,
BY R. GOSDEN.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| Introduction | ix. | |
| I. | The Guru and his Greedy Disciple | 1 |
| II. | The Donkey-man and the Precious Stone | 10 |
| III. | The Fakir and the Bhânds | 17 |
| IV. | The Miserly Moslem Priest and his Wife | 22 |
| V. | The King’s Son, his Friend, and the Fakir | 35 |
| VI. | Secundur Zulf-Kur-Nain | 43 |
| VII. | The Farmer, the Crocodile, and the Jackal | 54 |
| VIII. | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |