to washermen beside river, and gives them to a man to wash. Man, wishing to join sports in city, puts on prince's clothes for a joke, mounts his donkey, and is found by police so dressed, followed by shouting boys. They take him before chief minister, to whom in a fright he relates his story.—(7) Chief minister perceives that he speaks truth, and, suspecting who the prince is, gives orders that on his next appearance he shall be arrested; which is done, and he is led off to execution. On the way, he asks permission of captain of the guard to enter widow's house, pretending that he wishes to bid his mother farewell. He brings out money and bundle containing horse. Meanwhile princess, whose bower overlooks plain along which they go, is told by one of her maidens what is to happen to prince; and she resolves, if he is executed, to leap from the tower and die with him. It is hot; they halt under tree by well; prince asks that he may climb tree and meditate, and captain allows him. He mounts tree, drops money among soldiers, and while they scramble for it, he puts magic horse together and flies away on it to princess, whom he takes up behind him, and conveys safely to his father's palace. They are married with great magnificence.—(8) Carpenter and goldsmith receive handsome presents, and carpenter is judged the superior. Horse and fish are placed in royal treasury; but stud, in which horse's magic-power is, is removed, that no mishap may occur again. Horse performed in single night the journey that embassy to princess's parents takes whole year in doing.
Alphabetical List Of Incidents.—Flowers weigh princess down if she has not seen a man's face (3).
Goldsmith and carpenter dispute as to which is best workman (1).
Magic horse flies off with prince (2).
Magic horse loses its power when stud is removed (8).
Prince uses stratagems to save his life (7).
Princess practises stratagem to keep herself awake (5).
Seven nightly visits of prince to princess undiscovered (4).
Trick played upon princess to find out her lover (6).
Where published.—Indian Fairy Tales. Mark Thornhill. London, 1882. Tale No. 3, pp. 108-45.
Nature Of Collection, whether:
1. Original or translation.—Taken down from oral narration of natives.
2. If by word of mouth, state narrator's name.
3. Other particulars.
Special Points noted by the Editor of the above.—Nil.
Remarks by the Tabulator.—The magic horse is the "Enchanted Horse" of the tale of that name in Forster's Arabian Nights, p. 433. The person who there brings the horse is an Indian.
For repeated nocturnal visits in inc. 4, see pp. 62, 63, 64 of Callaway's Zulu Tales.
