him of all things not to be afraid of the eighteen thousand demons who
kept watch and ward over the treasure, told him to be off before she
became too angry at her daughter's foolishness in thus giving away so
many good things.

Then the lad bravely did as he had been told. He journeyed on and on
till he came to a milk-white pond, guarded by the eighteen thousand
demons. They were really frightful to behold, but, plucking up
courage, he whistled a tune as he walked through them, looking neither
to the right nor the left. By and by he came upon the Jogi's cow,
tall, white, and beautiful, while the Jogi himself, who was king of
all the demons, sat milking her day and night, and the milk streamed
from her udder, filling the milk-white tank.

The Jogi, seeing the lad, called out fiercely, "What do you want
here?"

Then the lad answered, according to the old hag's bidding, "I want
your skin, for King Indra is making a new kettledrum, and says your
skin is nice and tough."

Upon this the Jogi began to shiver and shake (for no Jinn or Jogi
dares disobey King Indra's command), and, falling at the lad's feet,
cried, "If you will spare me I will give you anything I possess, even
my beautiful white cow!"

To this the son of seven Queens, after a little pretended hesitation,
agreed, saying that after all it would not be difficult to find a nice
tough skin like the Jogi's elsewhere; so driving the wonderful cow
before him, he set off homeward.

The seven Queens were delighted to possess so marvelous an animal,
and though they toiled from morning till night making curds and whey,
besides selling milk to the confectioners, they could not use half the
cow gave, and became richer and richer day by day.

Seeing them so comfortably off, the son of seven Queens started with
a light heart to marry the Princess; but when passing the white hind's
palace he could not resist sending a bolt at some pigeons that were
cooing on the parapet. One fell dead just beneath the window where
the white Queen was sitting. Looking out, she saw the lad, hale and
hearty, standing before her, and grew whiter than ever with rage and
spite.

She sent for him to ask how he had returned so soon, and when she
heard how kindly her mother had received him, she very nearly had a
fit. However, she dissembled her feelings as well as she could, and,
smiling sweetly, said she was glad to have been able to fulfil her
promise, and that if he would give her this th