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xxxi the original jackal, Damanaka, of the Indian tale under the form of "his Moyleship."

The proper names of the books also bear traces of the phonetic detrition they have undergone, owing to the wear and tear of ages. A German scholar could easily fill this whole Introduction with a dissertation on these proper names. I must content myself with one or two examples. Though I have called the stories throughout "the Fables of Bidpai," the name by which they are best known in the book itself they are attributed to the sage Sendebar. The reader might not think it, but this can be traced back to the same original as the name Bidpai. As thus: Bidpai was originally Baidaba, and in the Arabic MS. used by the holy Rabbi Joel, the diacritical points