as been placed under
obligations to many kind friends. But for the ready sympathy and
encouragement of the proprietors of "The Atlanta Constitution"--but for
their generosity, it may be said--the writer would never have found
opportunity to verify the stories and prepare them for the press. He is
also indebted to hundreds of kind correspondents in all parts of the
Southern States, who have interested themselves in the work of
collecting the legends. He is particularly indebted to Mrs. Helen S.
Barclay, of Darien, to Mr. W. O. Tuggle, to Hon. Charles C. Jones, Jr.,
to the accomplished daughters of Mr. Griswold, of Clinton, Georgia, and
to Mr. John Devereux, Jr., and Miss Devereux, of Raleigh, North
Carolina.

J. C. H.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

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FOOTNOTES:

[i_1] _Uncle Remus; His Songs and His Sayings._ The Folk-Lore of the
Old Plantation. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1880.

[i_2] _Amazonian Tortoise Myths_, pp. 2, 3.

[i_3] Page 10.

[i_4] _Kaffir Folk-Lore_; or, _A Selection from the Traditional Tales
current among the People living on the Eastern Border of the
Cape Colony_. London, 1882.

[i_5] _Kaffir Folk-Lore_, p. 43.

[i_6] Professor Hartt, in his _Amazonian Tortoise Myths_, relates the
story of "The Jabuti that Cheated the Man." The Jabuti is
identical with Brother Terrapin. The man carried the Jabuti to
his house, put him in a box, and went out. By and by the Jabuti
began to sing, just as Brother Rabbit did. The man's children
listened, and the Jabuti stopped. The children begged him to
continue, but to this he replied: "If you are pleased with my
singing, how much more would you be pleased if you could see
me dance." The children thereupon took him from the box, and
placed him in the middle of the floor, where he danced, to
their great delight. Presently, the Jabuti made an excuse to
go out, and fled. The children procured a stone, painted it
like the tortoise, and placed it in the box. After a while
the man returned, took the painted stone from the box and
placed it on the fire, where it burst as soon as it became
heated. Meantime, the Jabuti had taken refuge in a burrow
having two openings, so that, while the man was looking in