[91] As. Res. vol. vi. p. 175 n. He adds that it would seem to be identical with the Meru Paravada of the Brahmins. [92] The eastern island is named Pioppavideha; the western, Amaragoga; the northern, Unchegru; and the southern, Zabudiba. The tree of Godama (mentioned in a former chapter, p. 23) is the _Ficus religiosa_, the Bŏdhĕ-bayn. [93] As. Res. vol. vi. p. 178. [94] Sangermano, p. 6. [95] Ava, vol. ii. Appendix, No. xi. p. 140. [96] As. Res. vol. vi. p. 180. [97] Trans. R. A. S. vol. i. p. 566. [98] Description, p. 6. [99] Page 7. [100] Sangermano, p. 20. [101] See Sangermano and Malcom, vol. i. pp. 289-294. [102] Hesiod, Op. et Dies, lib. i. vv. 120-125. The above must rather be called a paraphrase than a strict version. [103] I have partly availed myself of the able summary of Crawfurd, vol. ii. p. 274 sq.; as well as Malcom, vol. i. p. 287 sq.; and Sangermano, p. 80 sq. [104] Encyclopædia Metropolitana, vol. iii. Miscellaneous, p. 55. [105] Vol. iii. p. 56. [106] Prinsep’s Tibet, Tartary, and Mongolia, p. 136 and 162 n. [107] My immediate authority is Prinsep, in Tibet, &c. pp. 142-144. [108] Tibet, Tartary, and Mongolia, p. 145. [109] Prinsep, p. 167. [110] I quote Prinsep’s summary, p. 168. [111] Sangermano, pp. 80 et sqq. [112] See my remarks on Buddhism in Peking; Great Cities of the Ancient World, p. 177. It may be interesting to compare the oath of the witness at p. 24, with the Buddhist treatise, translated from the Chinese by myself, in the same work, pp. 181-184. [113] As. Res. vol. vi. p. 255. [114] Encyclopædia Metropolitana, art. Buddhism, p. 60. [115] As. Res. vol. v. p. 115 sq. [116] See my essay on the “Ruins of American Civilisation,” pp. 252-259, in Great Cities of the Ancient World, by my friend the Rev. T. A. Buckley, B.A.; also Prescott’s Mexico, vol. i. p. 60; and Peru, vol. i. pp. 91-94. [117] Ava, vol. i. p. 392 sq. [118] Will no one observe that “correct orthography” is tautology, and “false orthography” a contradiction? How can our language be pure under such circumstances? [119] I am indebted to Crawfurd, vol. i. p. 397. [120] Two Years in Ava, pp. 262 sqq. This most interesting work seems freer from prejudice than many of its more assuming brethren. [121] I am chiefly indebted to Malcom, vol. i. p. 308 sq. [122] Pages 89-94; but see also Malcom, _l.c._ [123] Travels in Tartary. [124] Malcom, vol. i. p. 315 sq. [125] Encyclopædia Metropolitana, _s.v._ Buddhism, p. 61. [126] Lib. ii. cc. 86-90. [127] I am indebted to an account by Mr. Carey in Asiatic Researches, vol. xvi. p. 186 sq. [128] Ava, vol. ii. p. 127.