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a person becomes dear for the purpose he me with thee, would not thy dear spouse and thy Berves. The affection between us two arose from loving children cheerfully eat me up P" a sufficient cause. That cause existe no longer.
Thus soundly rebuked by the mouse, the cat, On the other hand, from adequato reason, that
blushing with shame, addressed the mouse : affection between us has come to an end. What
"Truly I swear that to injure a friend is in my is that reason, I ask, for which I have become so
estimation very censurable. It doth not behove dear to thee, besides thy desire of making me thy
thee, O good friend, to take me for what I am not. prey ? Thou shouldet know that I am not forgetful
I cherish a great friendship for thee in conseof this. Time spoils reasons. Thou seekest thy
quence of thy having granted me my life. I am, own intereste. Others, however, possessed of
again, acquainted with the meaning of duty. I am wisdom, understand their own interests too.
an appreciator of other people's merits. I am very "Guided, however, by my own interests, I my! grateful for services received. I am devoted to self am firm in peace and war that are themselves the service of friends. I am, again, especially very unstable. The circumstances under which devoted to thee. For these reasons, O good friend, peace is to be made or war declared are it behoveth thee to re-unite thyself with me. changed as quickly as the clouds change their thou that art acquainted with the truths of form. This very day thou wert my toe. This morality, it behoveth thee not to cherish any very day again thou wert my friend. This very suspicion in respect of me." day thou hast once more become my enemy.
Then the mouse, reflecting a little, replied with Behold the levity of the considerations that
these words of grave import :-"Thou art exceed. move living creatures. There was friendship
ingly kind. But for all that, I cannot trust thce. between us as long as there was reason for its
I tell thee, O friend, the wise never place themexistence. That reason, dependent on time, has
selves, without sufficient reason, in the power of passed away. Without it, that friendship has also
& foe. Having gained his object, the weaker passed away. Thou art by nature my foe. From
of two parties should not again repose con-. circumstances thou becamest my friend. That state of things has passed away. The old state
fidence in the stronger. One should never of enmity that is natural has come back. Through
trust a person who does not deserve to be
trusted. Nor should one repose blind conthy power I was freed from a great danger. Through my power thou hast been freed from a
fidence in one deserving of trust. One should
always endeavour to inspire foes with consimilar danger. Each of us has served the other.
fidence in himself. One should not, however, There is no need of uniting ourselves again in
himself repose friendly intercourse. O amiable one, the object
confidence in foes. In thou hadst has been accomplished. The object
brief, the highest truth of all in reference to I had has also been accomplished. Thou hast now
policy is mistrust. For this reason, mistrust of uo need for me except to make me thy food.
all persons is productive of the greatest good.. I am thy food. Thou art the eater. I am weak.
One like myself should always guard his life from
persons like thee. Do thou also protect thy life Thou art strong. There cannot be a friendly union between us when we aro situated so
from the Chandala who is now very angry." unequally. I know that thou art. hungry. I While the mouse thus spake, the cat, frightened know that it is thy hour for taking food. Thou at the mention of the hunter, hastily leaving the art seeking for thy prey, with thy eyes directed treo ran away with great speed, and the mouse towards me. Thou hast sons and wives. Seeing also sought shelter in a hole somewhere else.
NOTES AND QUERIES. PROPOSALS FOR A GLOSSARY OF INDIAN in attempting to merely translate accounts of RELIGIOUS PHRASEOLOGY.
religious rites, beliefs and superstitions. I propose It has been well observed that the vocabulary
then to attempt the compilation of a Glossary of of ordinary life is almost useless when the region
Modern Religious Terms. of mysteries and superstitions is approached,'in In collecting material for such a Glossary it the case of races in a different stage of civilization will have to be borne in mind that the two great from our own, and the difficulty has been felt religions, Hinduism and Islam, have totally
