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letters to the Kings of India on the following mission, viz. : that they, the chiefs, had been informed that in India drugs were procurable which possessed the property of prolonging human life, by the use of which the King of India attained to a very great age . . . and the chiefs of Turkistán begged that some of this medicine might be sent to them, and also information as to the method by which the Ráís preserved their health so long." (Elliot, II. p. 174.)—H. C.]
" The worship of the ox is still common enough, but I can find no trace of the use of the effigy worn on the forehead. The two Tarn Pundits whom I consulted, said that there was no trace of the custom in Tamil literature, but they added that the usage was so truly Hindu in character, and was so particularly described, that they had no doubt it prevailed in the time of the person who described it." (MS. Note by the Rev. Dr. Caldwell.)
I may add that the jangams, a Linga-worshipping sect of Southern India, wear a copper or silver linga either round the neck or on the forehead. The name of Jangam means " movable," and refers to their wearing and worshipping the portable symbol instead of the fixed one like the proper Saivas. ( Wilson, Mack. Coll. II. 3 ; J. R. A. S. N.S. V. 142 seqq.)
NOTE 6.—In G. T. proques, which the Glossary to that edition absurdly renders porc ; it is some form apparently of pidocchio.
NOTE 7.—It would seem that there is no eccentricity of man in any part of the world for which a close parallel shall not be found in some other part. Such strange probation as is here spoken of, appears to have had too close a parallel in the old Celtic Church, and perhaps even, at an earlier date, in the Churches of Africa. (See Todd's Life of St. Patrick, p. 91, note and references, and Saturday Review of 13th July, 1867, p. 65.) The latter describes a system absolutely like that in the text, but does not quote authorities.
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CHAPTER XXI.
CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAIL.
CAIL is a great and noble city, and belongs to ASIIAR,
the eldest of the five brother Kings. It is at this city
that all the ships touch that come from the west, as from
Hormos and from Kis and from Aden, and all Arabia,
laden with horses and with other things for sale. And
this brings a great concourse of people from the country
round about, and so there is great business done in this
city of Cail.1
The King possesses vast treasures, and wears upon
his person great store of rich jewels. He maintains
great state and administers his kingdom with great
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