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 Collectanea. 365

"Really, you must not (don't) swallow that." When the Lion had taken (it), he swallowed (it). Then the He-goat said,— "Ah, where shall I obtain a piece of sinew?" Then the Lion said,— " Ah, here is a Hyana." Then the Hyana went off at a run, and the Lion followed her. The Hyaena only just escaped. The He-goat also ran away. He had outwitted (made cunning to) the Hyaena.

A. J. N. Tremearne.

(To be continued.)

Armenian Folk-Tales {cotitinued).

Of the two following tales, "Brother Lambkin" is the first story in Manana, and "The Magpie and His Tail" is from Hamov Hodov, but does not appear in M. Macler's Contes Armeniens.

2. Brother Lafnbktn. There was once a widow who had a daughter. This woman married a man who had a son and a daughter by his first wife. The woman worked and schemed until she drove her husband distracted, urging him to take his children and lose them on the mountains. Finally, one day he stuffs a few flat cakes into his pouch and goes with his little ones up the mountain. He goes, and goes, until he reaches a lonely spot, and there he says to his children,—" Let us sit here and rest awhile." They do so ; but their father turns his head away from them and weeps bitterly. Afterwards he turns towards them once more, saying,—" llaX a bit of bread, my little ones." When they had eaten, the son said, — " Papa, I am thirsty." Then the father takes the staff which was in his hand, plants it in the ground, and, taking off his cloak, spreads it over the staff, and says,— "Come, my son, come sit under the shade of my cloak, and I will go and see where I can find a spring of water." The brother and sister seat themselves there, while the father goes off and leaves them. There the poor little ones remain. They watch and wait, but no father returns. They rise and search on all sides, but find no man nor living being.