Note 1 — III.—Animal Tales.

Of the latter part of our first story we have heard many variations. In one given by M. Cerquand, p. 29, note,1 the fox is represented by Basa-Jauna; in a version from Baigorry, by the Tartaro; but in three others, from separate localities, he is a fox. The first two truths are the same in all the versions. In that here given, the fun is heightened by the fox talking and lisping throughout like a little child. All these versions we take to be merely fragments of a much longer story.