And in the tent that dog, King Kálin was sitting, and the heroes said: “We will cut off the turbulent head of that dog, King Kálin.” “Why should we cut off his turbulent head?” said the old Cossack, Ilyá of Múrom. “We will take him to royal Kiev town, to the glorious Prince Vladímir.” So to the glorious Prince Vladímir at the royal town of Kiev they took the dog, King Kálin. To the white stone palace they took him, and Vladímir, Prince of royal Kiev, took that dog by his white hands and made him sit at the oaken table, gave him sugar sweetmeats to eat and honey drink to drink. And to Vladímir the Prince spoke King Kálin these words: “Come now, Vladímir, Prince of royal Kiev, do not cut off my warlike head. We will write between us a great writing, and I, King Kálin, will pay thee tribute for ever and ever—I to thee, Prince Vladímir!” And then in those good old times they all sang Glory! And so they had peace for a time, but fresh hordes of Tartars still came, and the Russian heroes fought them, and sometimes the Russians could not overcome the Tartars, and in one of these great fights Ilyá, they say, was caught away from the fighting, and he was turned into stone, and his good horse with him. NOTE [1] The Russian titles are translated in the List of Illustrations, p. xv.