[34] “Three Years’ Wanderings,” p. 185.
[35] Fortune, pp. 190, 191.
[36] M. de la Gironiere, cit. in “The Eastern Archipelago,” pp. 522, 526, 527.
[37] Col. Yule, “Book of Sir Marco Polo,” Vol. I. pp. 306, 307.
[38] Edward Melton, “Engelsch Edelmans Zeldzaame en Gedenkwaardige Zee
en Land Reizen,” &c., 1660, 1677, p. 468.
[39] Miss Gordon Cumming. “From the Hebrides to the Himalayas,” ii. 68, 69.
[40] This chapter is adapted from Mr. Winwood Reade’s “Savage Africa,” (Edit.
1863.)
[41] “A Year’s Housekeeping in South Africa,” p. 173.
[42] Lady Barker, “A Year’s Housekeeping in South Africa,” p. 179.
[43] Abridged from Lady Barker, “A Year’s Housekeeping in South Africa,” pp.
181-184.
[44] Quoted from Chwolson (“Die Ssabier und der Ssabismus,” 1856,) by
Chambers.
[45] Deane, p. 49.
[46] Isaac McLellan.
[47] Deane, pp. 370-373.
[48] Deane, pp. 446, 447.
[49] “Tree and Serpent-worship,” by James Fergusson, (edit. 1868.)
[50] “Asiatic Researches,” Vol. XX. p. 85.
[51] Fergusson, “Tree and Serpent-worship,” p. 93.
[52] “We know,” says Mr. Fergusson, “that two of the principal Vedic gods—
Indra (the firmament) and Agni (fire)—were adopted into their pantheon by the
early Buddhists, and it seems more reasonable to connect this appearance of fire
with the pre-existing worship of Agni than with any far-fetched allusion to solar
worship.” But what was Agni but a type of the sun?