[1] Sūriya Dīwa Rājayā. [↑]

[2] Punci-dā hiṭa. [↑]

[3] Waehi-mēgayā unnaehae. [↑]

[4] This word is evidently inserted to distinguish it from the tree ant-hill, made of earth by a species of black ant. [↑]

[5] The leopard often climbs up trees, but cannot descend more than a few feet down the trunk; from any considerable height it always jumps down. My tame leopard would climb down backwards for about six feet only. [↑]

No. 172

The Story of the Mango Bird

In a certain country a hen bird is eating the mangoes at a Wild Mango tree, it is said.