96 Francis Buchanan, “Journey from Madras through the Countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar,” in Pinkerton’s _Voyages and Travels_, viii. 735. 97 Alex. Hamilton, “A New Account of the East Indies,” in Pinkerton’s _Voyages and Travels_, viii. 374. M34 Fuller account of the Calicut custom. M35 The _Maha Makham_ or Great Sacrifice at Calicut. 98 The sidereal revolution of Jupiter is completed in 11 years 314.92 days (_Encyclopaedia Britannica_, Ninth Edition, _s.v._ “Astronomy,” ii. 808). The twelve-years revolution of Jupiter was known to the Greek astronomers, from whom the knowledge may perhaps have penetrated into India. See Geminus, _Eisagoge_, I, p. 10, ed. Halma. M36 The attack on the king. 99 W. Logan, _Malabar_ (Madras, 1887), i. 162-169. The writer describes in particular the festival of 1683, when fifty-five men perished in the manner described. M37 Custom of kings in Bengal. Custom of the kings of Passier. Custom of Slavonic kings. 100 Sir H. M. Elliot, _The History of India as told by its own Historians_, iv. 260. I have to thank Mr. R. S. Whiteway, of Brownscombe, Shottermill, Surrey, for kindly calling my attention to this and the following instance of the custom of regicide. 101 De Barros, _Da Asia, dos feitos, que os Portuguezes fizeram no descubrimento e conquista dos mares e terras do Oriente_, Decada Terceira, Liv. V. cap. i. pp. 512 _sq._ (Lisbon, 1777). 102 Saxo Grammaticus,_Historia Danica_, viii. pp. 410 _sq._, ed. P. E. Müller (p. 334 of Mr. Oliver Elton’s English translation). M38 Custom of _Thalavettiparothiam_ in Malabar. Custom of the Sultans of Java. 103 T. K. Gopal Panikkar (of the Madras Registration Department), _Malabar and its Folk_ (Madras, N. D., preface dated Chowghaut, 8th October 1900), pp. 120 _sq._ I have to thank my friend Mr. W. Crooke for calling my attention to this account. _ 104 Voyage d’Ibn Batoutah_, texte arabe, accompagné d’une traduction par C. Deffrémery et B. R. Sanguinetti (Paris, 1853-58), iv. 246 _sq._ M39 Religious suicides in India. _ 105 The Wonders of the East, by Friar Jordanus_, translated by Col. Henry Yule (London, 1863, Hakluyt Society), pp. 32 _sq._