<em>Source</em>.--Mrs. Kingscote, <em>Tales of the Sun</em> (p. 11 <em>seq.</em>), from Pandit Natesa Sastri's <em>Folk-Lore of Southern India</em>, pt. ii., originally from <em>Ind. Antiquary</em>. I have considerably condensed and modified the somewhat Babu English of the original.