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The Sa'-Zada Tales
BOOKS BY W. A. FRASER
PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
THE SA'-ZADA TALES. Illustrated by Arthur Heming $0.00
MOOSWA AND OTHERS OF THE BOUNDARIES. Illustrated by Arthur Heming $2.00
THE OUTCASTS. Illustrated by Arthur Heming. $1.25 _net_
THE BLOOD LILIES. Illustrated by Frank Schoonover $1.50
BRAVE HEARTS. With Frontispiece $1.50
SA'-ZADA HAD GATHERED ALL HIS COMRADES ... FOR THEEVENING OF THE BIRD TALK ...
(SEE PAGE 119.)]
THESA'-ZADA TALES
By W. A. FRASER
_Illustrated by_ ARTHUR HEMING
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS_NEW YORK ... MDCCCCV_
_Copyright, 1905, by_CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
_Published September, 1905_
J. F. TAPLEY CO.NEW YORK
Contents
PAGE
INTRODUCTION ix
THE WHITE, YELLOW, AND BLACK LEOPARD 3
HATHI GANESH, THE WHITE-EARED ELEPHANT 39
GIDAR, THE JACKAL, AND COYOTE, THE PRAIRIE WOLF 51
RAJ BAGH, THE KING TIGER 65
THE TRIBE OF KING COBRA 87
THE STORY OF THE MONKEYS 103
STORY OF BIRDS OF A FEATHER 119
THE BUFFALO AND BISON 139
UNT, THE CAMEL 155
BIG TUSK, THE WILD BOAR 173
OOHOO, THE WOLF, AND SHER ABI, THE CROCODILE 189
SA'-ZADA, THE "ZOO" KEEPER 211
Illustrations
_From Drawings by Arthur Heming_
PAGE
Sa'-Zada had gathered all his comrades ... for the evening of the bird talk _Frontispiece_
"The thing that had me by the paw was of a fiendish kind." 19
"And away we dashed." 32
"Then something strong grabbed me by the hind leg, and pulled me ..." 42
"Two ruffianly Bulls ... fought me while the men slipped great strong ropes over my legs" 46
"I heard my man say ... 'Strike me dead, if he hasn't ...'" 61
"But I could see that there was something very wrong ..." 70
"My sire ... sprang on a big Hathi's nose" 82
"And Baba used to come every day under the bungalow to play" 90
"I would stretch my body across it much after that fashion" 98
"And they all clambered on to my back" 111
"And sitting beside her, cried also, being but a little chap and all alone in the jungle" 112
"And as he coughed, soap bubbles floated upward." 122
"Leaving just a place for her sharp beak" 125
"Something I could not see struck me most viciously in the shoulder" 146
"Suddenly I heard a 'swisp' in the air, and my little curly-haired pet ..." 150
"I remained in the _jhil_ until my master had lost the fierce Kill-look" 161
"But some way I felt like doing my best" 166
"It was at this time that Bagh killed so many of my people" 182
"'Into the horse's legs,' the old Dame had said" 184
"One could travel for days over the white snow" 190
"'Let me in, Tom, I am Jack,' pleaded the Hunt man" 202
"The grizzly ... bounced out not ten yards from the Cayuse" 220
"Bhalu ... pitched into the other two" 230
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