side of a mountain near Paphos there is a cavern which produces the most beautiful rock-crystal. On account of its brilliancy it has been called the Paphian diamond."—(Mariti.)

P. 253.- The gold meads of Candahar.-" There is a part of Candahar, called Peria, or Fairy Land."-(Thevenot.) In some of those countries to the north of India, vegetable gold is supposed to be produced.

P. 253.- Had been by magic all set flying.-" These are the butterflies which are called in the Chinese language Flying Leaves. Some of them have such shining colours, and are so variegated, that they may be called flying flowers; and indeed they are always produced in the finest flower-gardens."(Dunn.)

P. 254.-The features of young Arab maids.-"The Arabian women wear black masks with little clasps prettily ordered." --(Carreri.) Niebuhr mentions their showing but one eye in conversation.

P. 254.- Grapes of gold.-"The golden grapes of Casbin." -(Description of Persia.)

P. 254. And sunniest apples that Caubul.-"The fruits exported from Caubul are apples, pears, pomegranates,” etc. -(Elphinstone.)

P 254.--Its thousand gardens.--"We sat down under a tree, listened to the birds. and talked with the son of our Mehmaundar about our country and Caubul, of which he gave an enchanting account: that city and its 100,000 gardens," etc. (Elphinstone.)

P. 255.-Malaya's nectar'd mangusteen.-"The mangusteen, the most delicate fruit in the world; the pride of the Malay islands."-(Marsden.)

P. 255.-Seed of the Sun, from Iran's land.-" A delicious kind of apricot, called by the Persians Tokm-ek-shems, signifying sun's seed."-(Description of Persia.)

P. 255.-Rich conserve of Visna cherries.-" Sweetmeats in

a crystal cup, consisting of rose-leaves in conserve, with lemon of Visna cherry, orange flowers," etc.-(Russel.)

P. 255.-Feed on in Erac's rocky dells.-" Antelopes, croping the fresh berries of Erac."—("The Moallakat," poem of Tarafa.)

P. 255.—Urns of porcelain from that isle.—Mauri-ga-Sima, an island near Formosa, supposed to have been sunk in the sea for the crimes of its inhabitants. The vessels which the fishermen and divers bring up from it are sold at an immense price in China and Japan.-(See Kaempfer.)

P. 255.-Amber Rosolli.—("Persian Tales.")

P. 255. From vineyards of the Green-Sea Gushing.-The white wine of Kishma.

P. 255.-Offer'd a city's wealth.-" The King of Zeilan is said to have the very finest ruby that was ever seen. KublaiKhan sent and offered the value of a city for it, but the King answered he would not give it for the treasure of the world.” -(Marco Polo.)

P. 256.-Upon a rosy lotus wreath.-The Indians feign that Cupid was first seen floating down the Ganges on the Nymphoea Nelumbo.-(See Pennant.)

P. 256. When warm they rise from Teflis' brooks.-Teflis is celebrated for its natural warm baths.-(See Ebn Haukal.) P. 256. Of a syrinda.-" The Indian Syrinda, or guitar." -(Symez.)

P. 257.-It is this, it is this.- "Around the exterior of the Dewan Khars (a building of Shah Allum's), in the cornice are the following lines in letters of gold upon a ground of white marble:-'If there be a paradise upon earth, it is this, it is this.'" -(Franklin.)

P. 257.-As the flower of the Amra just oped by a bee.66 Delightful are the flowers of the Amra trees on the mountain-tops, while the murmuring bees pursue their voluptuous toil."-(Song of Jayadeva.)

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P. 257.-That rain from the sky, which turns into pearls.The Nisan or drops of spring rain, which they believe to produce pearls if they fall into shells."-(Richardson.)

P. 257.-Who for wine of this earth left the fountains above. -For an account of the share which wine had in the fall of the angels, see Mariti.

P. 257.-Israfil, the Angel, there.-The Angel of Music,

P. 260.-When first 't is by the lapwing found.—The Hudhud, or Lapwing, is supposed to have the power of discovering water underground.

P. 263.-Like that painted porcelain.-"The Chinese had formerly the art of painting on the side of porcelain vessels fish and other animals, which were only perceptible when the vessel was full of liquor. They call this species Kia-tsin; that is, azure is put in press, on account of the manner in which the azure is laid on. ."—" They are every now and then trying to recover the art of this magical painting, but to no purpose.' -(Dunn.)

264.-Azor.-An eminent carver of idols, said in the Koran to be father to Abraham. "I have such a lovely idol as is not to be met with in the house of Azor."-(Hafiz.)

P. 264.-That Valley so justly called the Unequalled.-Kachmire may be Nazeer. (Forster.)

P. 264.- Miraculous fountains.-"The pardonable superstition of the sequestered inhabitants has multiplied the places of worship of Mahadeo, of Beshan, and of Brama. All Cashmere is holy land, and miraculous fountains abound.”— (Major Rennel's Memoirs of a Map of Hindostan.)

Jehan-Guire mentions " a fountain in Cashmere called Tirnagh, which signifies a snake; probably because some large snake had formerly been seen there."-" During the lifetime of my father, I went twice to this fountain, which is about twenty coss from the city of Cashmere. The vestiges of places of worship and sanctity are to be traced without number amongst the ruins and the caves which are interspersed

in its neighbourhood."-(Toozek Jehangeery.) See "Asiat. Misc." vol ii.

There is another account of Cashmere by Abul-Fazil, the author of the Ayin-Acbaree, "who," says Major Rennel, appears to have caught some of the enthusiasm of the valley, by his description of the holy places in it."

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P. 264.-Roofed with flowers." On a standing roof of wood is laid a covering of fine earth, which shelters the building from the great quantity of snow that falls in the winter season. This fence communicates an equal warmth in winter, as a refreshing coolness in the summer season, when the tops of the houses, which are planted with a variety of flowers, exhibit at a distance the spacious view of a beautifully chequered parterre."-(Forster.)

P. 265.— The triple-coloured tortoise-shell of Pegu.—“Two hundred slaves there are who have no other office than to hunt the woods and marshes for triple-coloured tortoises for the King's Vivary. Of the shells of these also lanterns are made." (Vincent le Blanc's Travels.)

P. 265.-Like the meteors of the north as they are seen by those hunters. For a description of the Aurora Borealis as it appears to these hunters, see Encyclopædia."

P. 266.- Odoriferous wind. This wind, which is to blow from Syria Damascena, is, according to the Mahometans, one of the signs of the Last Day's approach. Another of the signs is, "Great distress in the world, so that a man when he passes by another's grave shall say, 'Would to God I were in his place!'"-(Sale's Preliminary Discourse.)

P. 268.-As precious as the Cerulean Throne of Coolburga. -"On Mohammed Shaw's return to Koolburga (the capital of Dekkan), he made a great festival, and mounted this throne with much pomp and magnificence, calling it Firozeh or Cerulean. I have heard some old persons, who saw the throne Firozeh in the reign of Sultan Mamood Bhamenee, describe it. They say that it was in length nine feet, and three in breadth; made of ebony, covered with plates of pure gold,

and set with precious stones of immense value. Every prince of the house of Bhamenee, who possessed this throne, made a point of adding to it some rich stones; so that when, in the reign of Sultan Mamood, it was taken to pieces, to remove some of the jewels to be set in vases and cups, the jewellers valued it at one corore of oons (nearly four millions sterling). I learned also that it was called Firozeh from being partly enamelled of a sky-blue colour, which was in time totally concealed by the number of jewels."—(Ferishta.)