p. 5.—_Lake of Pearl._—“In the neighbourhood is Notte Gill, or the Lake of Pearl, which receives this name from its pellucid water.” _Pennant_’s Hindoostan. “Nasir Jung encamped in the vicinity of the Lake of Tonoor, amused himself with sailing on that clear and beautiful water, and gave it the fanciful name of Motee Talah, ‘the Lake of Pearls,’ which it still retains.”—_Wilks_’s South of India. Footnote 16: p. 5.—_Isles of the West._—Sir Thomas Roe, Ambassador from James I. to Jehan-Guire. Footnote 17: p. 6.—_Ezra._—“The romance Wemakweazra, written in Persian verse, which contains the loves of Wamak and Ezra, two celebrated lovers who lived before the time of Mahomet.”—_Note on the Oriental Tales._ Footnote 18: p. 6.—_Rodahver._—Their amour is recounted in the Shah-Namêh of Ferdousi; and there is much beauty in the passage which describes the slaves of Rodahver sitting on the bank of the river and throwing flowers into the stream, in order to draw the attention of the young Hero who is encamped on the opposite side.—See _Champion_’s translation. Footnote 19: p. 6.—_White Demon._—Rustam is the Hercules of the Persians. For the particulars of his victory over the Sepeed Deeve, or White Demon, see _Oriental Collections_, vol. ii. p. 45.—“Near the city of Shirauz is an immense quadrangular monument, in commemoration of this combat, called the Kelaat-i-Deev Sepeed, or castle of the White Giant, which Father Angelo, in his Gazophilacium Persicum, p. 127, declares to have been the most memorable monument of antiquity which he had seen in Persia.”—See _Ouseley_’s Persian Miscellanies. Footnote 20: p. 6.—_Golden anklets._—“The women of the Idol, or dancing girls of the Pagoda, have little golden bells, fastened to their feet, the soft harmonious tinkling of which vibrates in unison with the exquisite melody of their voices.”—_Maurice_’s Indian Antiquities. “The Arabian courtesans, like the Indian women, have little golden bells fastened round their legs, neck and elbows, to the sound of which they dance before the King. The Arabian princesses wear golden rings on their fingers, to which little bells are suspended, as well as in the flowing tresses of their hair, that their superior rank may be known, and they themselves receive in passing the homage due to them.”—See _Calmet_’s Dictionary, art. Bells. Footnote 21: p. 6.—_Delicious opium._—“Abou-Tige, ville de la Thebaïde, où il croît beaucoup de pavot noir, dont se fait le meilleur opium.”—_D’Herbelot._ Footnote 22: p. 7.—_Crishna._—The Indian Apollo.—“He and the three Rámas are described as youths of perfect beauty; and the princesses of Hindustán were all passionately in love with Chrishna, who continues to this hour the darling God of the Indian women.”—_Sir W. Jones_, on the Gods of Greece, Italy, and India. Footnote 23: