57. and departed into the wilderness. One dayovercome with fatigue, and with this torment in his stomach, he laid himself down to sleep, under a Singsupa tree. - --- In the mean time, a fairy, in the form of a serpent, arrived at the root of the tree with a large sum of money. Fancying the youth to. be in a profound sleep, it addressed the serpent concealed in his stomach in these words, - o deceitful serpent, why do you thus destroy a prince what action can be more vile? for the prosperity of the Kingdom depends on the prosperity of the king, and his destruction involves the ruin of his kingdom.” Having heard this, the serpent who lay in the stomach, said, ‘O thou wicked sinful wretch, why dost thou, thus plant thyself at the foot of the tree, with all the royal wealth thou hast stolen? How many hundred monarchs might be enriched with this wealth "In the hèat of this dispute. the serpent at the root of the tree, said in á gréat rage; * if the prince whom thou art. destroying, were to taste the juice of the leaves of this tree, and thus to touch thy body with it, thou wouldst receive thy desert.' The sérpent within the body replied, ‘thou art then praying formy destruction; but if the prince 'ere to drop the juice into thy retreat, there H -,
