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 506 brute a slice of flesh from his own thigh, which, however, he heals instantly by means of a talisman. In the Kathá Sarit Ságara a prince meets with a rakshasa, and, “not being able to obtain other flesh to give the demon to eat, he cut off with his sword some of his own flesh and gave it to him.”

The story of “Penny Jack”, which begins so divertingly, belongs to that class of popular fictions in which the youngest son—aptly styled “Boots” by Dasent—who is considered as the fool of the family, proves to be the favourite of Fortune: at first he acts like an arrant noodle, but ultimately he becomes a great prince.

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