Kippax, John Robert, 1849- [from old catalog] · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 434
he British Museum there is a beautiful statue ofa sleeping Endymion. There is a Buddhist legend, according to which thegod Indra, while walking through the woods disguised asa Brahman, met a monkey, a fox, and a hare travelHngtogether, and pretending to be starving, asked them forsomething to eat.… … From W. H. Pickerings The Moon Plate XXXI. Lunar Fancies The Moon 353 appear lacking in hospitality, the hare said to the Brah-man, *If you are very, very hungry, light a fire androast and eat me. All right, said the Brahman, Illkindle a fire at the foot of this rock and you jump offinto it.…
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