Then spake the Royal Princes to Vishnu-Sarman,
"Reverend Sir! we have listened to the 'Winning of Friends,' we would now hear how friends are parted."
"Attend, then," replied the Sage, "to 'the Parting of Friends,' the first couplet of which runs in this wise—
'The Jackal set—of knavish cunning full—
At loggerheads the Lion and the Bull.'
"How was that?" asked the sons of the Rajah.
Vishnu-Sarman proceeded to relate:—
The Story of the Lion, the Jackals, and the Bull
"In the Deccan there is a city called Golden-town, and a wealthy merchant lived there named Well-to-do. He had abundant means, but as many of his relations were even yet richer, his mind was bent: upon outdoing them by gaining more. Enough is never what we have—