OLD DECCAN DAYS

OR, HINDOO FAIRY LEGENDS CURRENT IN SOUTHERN INDIA.

Collected From Oral Tradition by

With an Introduction and Notes by

Sir Bartle Frere

Illustrated by C.F. Frere

London, J. Murray

[1868]

Scanned and Redacted by Phillip Brown. Additional Proofing and formatting at sacred-texts.com, April 2003, by J. B. Hare. This text is in the public domain. These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice of attribution is left intact.

THESE STORIES,

ORIGINALLY DEDICATED TO

THE LITTLE SISTER

FOR WHOM THEY WERE WRITTEN

I Dedicate

TO THOSE IN ENGLAND WHO LOVE INDIA

AND TO THOSE IN INDIA WHO LOVE ENGLAND.