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| | Old Deccan Days: VII. The Wanderings of Vicram Maharajah |
 | | There were mountains of gold, there were diamonds, and rubies, and sapphires, and emeralds, and turquoise, and pearls; but he took none of them, causing all to be sold and the money given to the poor, so little did he care for the riches for which some men sell their bodies and souls. |
 | | Meantime the real Vicram Maharajah had flown, in the form, of a parrot, very far, far away, until he reached a large banyan tree, where there were a thousand other pretty pollies, whom he joined, making their number a thousand and one. |
 | | Butti sent messengers far and wide seeking Vicram Maharajah, but they could not find him; be then determined to go himself in search of his lost friend; and having made proper arrangements for tile government of the country during his absence, he set off on his travels. |
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