Note 2 — The Deer and its Friends

In the Kathā Sarit Sāgara (Tawney), vol. i, p. 285, it is stated that “an evil omen presenting itself to people engaged in any undertaking, if not counteracted by delay and other methods, produces misfortune.” One of the other methods was a drinking bout (see the same work, vol. i, p. 331). ↑