while they made of the cool shadow a portion of the soul itself, or rather one of the seven or eight entities of which man consisted, these being—_Khat_, a body; _Ba_, the spirit; _Khon_, the intelligence; _Khaïbit_, _the shadow_; _Ren_, the name; _Ka_, eternal vitality; _Ab_, the heart; and _Sahn_, the mask or mummy. It is extremely interesting to consider, in connection with this Egyptian doctrine, the fact, illustrated by every writer on Etruscan antiquity, that these ancient dwellers in Italy, when they represented the departed, or the dead, as living again on a tomb, added to the name of the deceased the word _Hinthial_. This I once believed meant simply a ghost or spirit. I had no other association with the name. I inquired for a long time if there was any such name as _Hintial_ for a ghost among the people, and could not find it. At last my chief agent succeeded in getting from sources to me unknown, but, as in all cases, partly from natives of the Toscana Romagna, or Volterra, and at different times, very full information regarding this mysterious being, which I combine as follows: INTIALO. “This is a spirit in human form who shows himself in any shadow, {238} and diverts himself by inspiring terror in a sorcerer, or in any one who has committed a crime. He causes a fearful shadow to be ever present to the man, and addresses him thus: _Il domone al Stregone_. “Vile—tu non potrai Avere mai bene—avrai Sempre la mia ombra In tua presenza, e saro Vendicato . . . {239} “Tu non potrai giammai Essere solo, che l’ombra Mia ovunque andrai Ti seguira: tu non potrai Essere mai solo, tu sarai Sempre in mio potere! “Al mio incantesimo non avrai Ne pace ne bene, al mio Incanto tu tremerai, Te e tutta la casa dove ti troverai, Se sei in mezzo alla strada, Tu tremerai— Te e tutta la terra! “Al mio volere tu andrai Come cane alla pagliaio, Alla voce del suo maestro; Tu me vorrai Vedere, e non mi vedrai, Mi sentirai— Vedrai sola la tua ombra. “Tu sei cattivo e scelerato, Tu sei avelenato, Nel cuore e nell anima, E più bene non avrai, Sei avelenato nel cuore, E nell anima, vai, Tu siei maladetto; E il spirito sempre ti seguira Ovunque tu vada!” TRANSLATION. _The Demon to the Sorcerer_. “Wretch! long lost in wickedness, Thou shalt ne’er have happiness; Though to distant lands thou’lt flee, Still my shadow thou shalt see, And I will revengèd be. “Solitude thou ne’er shalt know, Where thou goest my shade shall go, And wherever thou mayst fly Still the shadow will be by— Ne’er alone at any hour, And for ever in my power.