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SELECTED AND EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION
AND NOTES

BY

H. T. FRANCIS, M.A.,

SOMETIME FELLOW OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE
HONORARY UNDER-LIBRARIAN, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, CAMBRIDGE

AND

E. J. THOMAS, M.A.,

EMMANUEL COLLEGE

Cambridge:

at the University Press

1916

THE LITTLE GILDMASTER (CULLAKASETTHI-JĀTAKA1, 4)

A young man picks up a dead mouse which he sells, and works up his
capital till he becomes rich.

THE KING AND THE STICK-GATHERER (KAṬṬHAHĀRI-JĀTAKA, 7)
A king refuses to recognise his son by a chance amour; the mother
throws the child into the air, praying that, if he be not the king's son, he
may be killed by his fall. The child rests in mid-air, and the king recognises
him as his son.

KING MAKHĀDEVA'S GREY HAIRS (MAKHĀDEVA-JĀTAKA, 9)

A king, finding a grey hair in his head, renounces his throne to prepare
as a hermit for death. He is re-born as a king and again becomes a hermit.

THE COLD HALF OF THE MONTH (MĀLUTA-JĀTAKA, 17) .

A tiger and a lion dispute whether it is the dark or the light half of the

month which is cold.

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THE FEAST FOR THE DEAD (MATAKABHATTA-JĀTAKA, 18).

A goat, which was to be sacrificed by a brahmin, shews signs of great joy

and of great sorrow. It explains the reason for each emotion.

THE MONKEYS AND THE OGRE (NAĻAPĀNA-JĀTAKA, 20)

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Thirsty monkeys come to a pool haunted by an ogre. Their leader

miraculously blows knots out of canes, with which they safely slake their
thirst.

THE GUILTY DOGS (KUKKURA-JĀTAKA, 22)

Carriage-straps having been gnawed by palace dogs, a king orders all

other dogs to be killed. The leader of a pack of dogs reveals the truth by

causing an emetic to be applied to the royal dogs.

THE DISCONTENTED OX (MUNIKA-JATAKA, 30).

A young ox, seeing a lazy pig being fattened, is discontented with his

hard fare. Another ox explains that the pig is being fattened to be eaten,
and the discontented ox accepts his position.

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1 In Pāli e is pronounced as ch in church; kh, th, etc. as in inkhorn, pothook; t, th,
d, dh, n are pronounced with the tip of the tongue further back in the mouth than t, etc.;
a as u in but; other vowels as in Italian.