CONTENTS.

I. [Jackal Fables].

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1. [The Lion’s Defeat] 1
2. [The Hunt of the Lion and Jackal] 3
3. [The Lion’s Share] 5
4. [The Jackal’s Bride] 9
5. [The White Man and the Snake] 11
6. [Another Version of the same Fable] 13
7. [Cloud-Eating] 14
8. [Fish-Stealing] 16
9. [Which was the Thief?] 18
10. [The Lion’s Illness] 19
11. [The Dove and the Heron] 21
12. [The Cock] 23
13. [The Leopard and the Ram] 24

II. [Tortoise Fables].

14. [The Elephant and the Tortoise] 27
15. [The Giraffe and the Tortoise] 30
16. [The Tortoises Hunting the Ostriches] 32

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III. [Baboon Fables].

17. [The Judgment of the Baboon] 33
18. [The Lion and the Baboon] 37
19. [The Zebra Stallion] 39
20. [The Lost Child (a Tale)] 42
21. [The Baboon Shepherd (a Tale)] 44

IV. [Lion Fables].

22. [The Flying Lion] 45
23. [The Lion who thought himself Wiser than his Mother] 47
24. [The Lion who took a Woman’s Shape] 50
25. [A Woman transformed into a Lion (a Tale)] 57
26. [The Lion and the Bushman (a Tale)] 59

V. [Various Fables].

27. [How a Nama Woman outwitted the Elephants] 61
28. [A Bad Sister] 65

VI. [Sun and Moon Fables].

29. [Why has the Jackal a long black Stripe on his Back?] 67
30. [The Horse cursed by the Sun] 68
31. [The Origin of Death] 69
32. [Another Version of the same Fable] 71
33. [A Third Version of the same Fable] [[9]]72
34. [A Fourth Version of the same Fable] 73
35. [A Zulu Version of the Legend of the “Origin of Death”] 74

VII. [Heitsi Eibip and other Legends].

36. [Heitsi Eibip] 75
37. [The Victory of Heitsi Eibip] 77
38. [Another Version of the same Legend] 78
39. [The Raisin-Eater] 80
40. [Origin of the Difference in Modes of Life between Hottentots and Bushmen] 83

VIII. [Household Tales].

41. [The Little Wise Woman] 85
42. [The Unreasonable Child to whom the Dog gave its Deserts; or, a Receipt for getting any one to Sleep] 90

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