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The white priestess was indeed a puzzle; for, while the handful of

Mohae were fanatical in their belief in the true

prophet and his Koran, and put little faith in miracles and still less

in holy men who performed them, the advent of the white priestess

deeplyaround this: she was

there; with their own eyes they saw her Therein

Hinduism after all

When the hunters arrived at the portico of the te their "Ai! Ai!" in laainst the earth

"Holy ?" asked one of the hunters, respectfully

"The lion has killed our priestess; the sacred fires ain!

Ai! Ai!"

"Where is the lion?"

"They fled toward the river, and there he has doubtless destroyed her,

for in evil, Siva, represented by the lion, is more powerful than

Vishnu, reincarnated in our priestess Ai! Ai! She is dead and we

are undone!"

"Come!" said the chief huntsods are doing We'll present the skin of Siva to our

hed

The leopard carriers deposited their burden and all started off at a