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Rh The first verse in No. 2 is spoken by the crow when the pigeon leaves him in the morning:—

When the pigeon returns he utters the first verse of No. 1:—

Then the crow replies:—

The pigeon continues to chaff the crow:—

The crow replies:—

The pigeon finishes up with the verse already mentioned:—

In days long since past, when Brahmadatta reigned at Benares, the Bodhisat was reborn in the family of a stonemason, and he grew up to be a faultless artisan. In a certain village in the Kâsi district there lived a very wealthy merchant who had fourteen kotis of gold coins in his treasury.