Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Old Deccan Days; or, Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India

Frere, Mary, 1845-1911 [Compiler]; Frere, Bartle, 1815-1884 [Contributor]· 2 chapters· 3,588 words

3. On the third day the captain looks out for land, shading his eyes with his hand. There may be land. The sailors say to him, "What do you see?" He answers, "Far off is the jungle, and, swinging in a tree, is an old monkey, with two little monkeys in her arms. We must be near...

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3. On the third day the captain looks out for land, shading his eyes with his hand. There may be land. The sailors say to him, "What do you see?" He answers, "Far off is the jun...

2. PART II.

It was, she said, very pretty, being the song of the little wife as she decks herself in her jewels to please her husband when he comes home. She laments his absence, fears he h...