________________ 21 Notes to-day or to-morrow, and a son will be born to her." Then, when he said so, Avimrus'yakari asked: " How did you Know this?" Vimrusyakari replied: " Knowledge can be judged by conviction; hence while going further it will be more certain by conviction. Then they reached the village of their destination, and on the bank of a great lake outside that village they saw the queen halted there. They also saw that the she-elephant was blind by the left eye. At this moment a certain maid-servant (of the queen) said to a courtier: "I congratulate you upon the king's getting a son". Thereupon Vimrus'yakari called the attention of Avimru: s'yakari upon the words of the maid-servant, and the latter replied: "I am convicted of everything; your knowledge is quite right". Then, they, having washed their hands and feet, sat under a fig-tree situated on the bank of that great lake in order to take rest, and were seen by an old woman who was carrying a pot full of water upon her head, and she examined them and thought: " Verily, these appear to be learned persons. Therefore, I shall * ask them about the coming back of my son who has gone to a foreign country." She asked them the same, and while
