From all of his Pack he may claim Full-gorge when the killer has eaten ; and none may refuse him the same . Lair-Right is the right of the Mother . From all of her year she may claim One haunch of each kill for her litter , and none may deny her the same . Cave-Right is the right of the Father -- to hunt by himself for his own . He is freed of all calls to the Pack ; he is judged by the Council alone . Because of his age and his cunning , because of his gripe and his paw , In all that the Law leaveth open , the word of the Head Wolf is Law . Now these are the Laws of the Jungle , and many and mighty are they ; But the head and the hoof of the Law and the haunch and the hump is -- Obey ! THE MIRACLE OF PURUN BHAGAT The night we felt the earth would move We stole and plucked him by the hand , Because we loved him with the love That knows but can not understand . And when the roaring hillside broke , And all our world fell down in rain , We saved him , we the Little Folk ; But lo ! he does not come again ! Mourn now , we saved him for the sake Of such poor love as wild ones may . Mourn ye ! Our brother will not wake , And his own kind drive us away ! Dirge of the Langurs . There was once a man in India who was Prime Minister of one of the semi-independent native States in the north-western part of the country . He was a Brahmin , so high-caste that caste ceased to have any particular meaning for him ; and his father had been an important official in the gay-coloured tag-rag and bobtail of an old-fashioned Hindu Court . But as Purun Dass grew up he felt that the old order of things was changing , and that if any one wished to get on in the world he must stand well with the English , and imitate all that the English believed to be good . At the same time a native official must keep his own master 's favour . This was a difficult game , but the quiet , close-mouthed young Brahmin , helped by a good English education at a Bombay University , played it coolly , and rose , step by step , to be Prime Minister of the kingdom . That is to say , he held more real power than his master the Maharajah .
When the old king -- who was suspicious of the English , their railways and telegraphs -- died , Purun Dass stood high with his young successor , who had been tutored by an Englishman ; and between them , though he always took care that his master should have the credit , they established schools for little girls , made roads , and started State dispensaries and shows of agricultural implements , and published a yearly blue-book on the `` Moral and Material Progress of the State , '' and the Foreign Office and the Government of XXXXX were delighted .
BHAGAT Brahmin Cave-Right Full-gorge India Minister bobtail gripe leaveth tag-rag