West, and recognised by Gildas and Ordericus Vitalis as the established designation of Ireland in their time. CHAPTER X (PP. 127-141) Developing this last argument, our author shows that, while _Iran_ (or “the sacred _land_”) was a name applied to both Persia and Ireland, the form _Irin_ (Sacred _Island_) is exclusively applied to Ireland, and that _Irc_, _Eri_, _Ere_, and _Erin_ are but modifications of the latter. The Greeks commuted this name of _Irin_ into _Ierne_, which is merely a translation (ἱερός + νῆσος); and the Latins, by putting an _H_ for the rough breathing of ἱερός, and interpolating a _b_ for sound’s sake, transformed the latter into _Hibernia_, the meaning “Sacred Island” being preserved. But by its own inhabitants it continued to be known as _Fuodhla_, _Fudh-Inis_, and _Inis-na-Bhfiodhbhadh_, names associating the worship which prevailed therein with the profession of the worshippers, for they respectively denote the land or island of _Fuodh_ or _Budh_ and _Budhism_. The _Budh_ here mentioned was identical with the phallic deity worshipped by the Tuath-de-danaans under the name of _Buodh_ (known also as Moriagan and Fareagh or Phearagh), which name the Scythian invaders afterwards adopted as their war-cry (_Boo_ or _A-boo_). The peculiar tenets of Irish Budhism were embodied in a mass of literature committed to the flames by Saint Patrick; but the history of pagan Ireland still survives in MSS. scattered over Europe, whilst an image of _Buodh_, or _Fareagh_, bearing a close resemblance to those of the Eastern _Buddha_, and to the idols of _Matambo_ “whose priests are sorcerers or magicians” (afterwards shown to be the meaning of _Tuath-de-danaans_), has been unearthed at Roscommon, and is now in the Museum of Trinity College, Dublin. CHAPTER XI (PP. 142-156) From India our author now diverges to Egypt. The similarity between the regal title “Pharaoh” and _Phearagh_ or _Fareagh_ just mentioned is accounted for by the invasion of Egypt by the _Uksi_, or _Hyksos_ (Royal Shepherds or Shepherd Kings), who, according to Manetho, came “from the East.” The Indian _Vedas_, which corroborate his account, term them _Pali_, or “shepherds”; and the rigorous nature of their sway accounts for the dislike manifested by the Egyptians towards the Israelites, who were a pastoral people. That they introduced their form of worship into Egypt, is shown by the description which Herodotus gives of the rites, ceremonies, and usages of the Egyptian priests, resembling those practised by the Brahmins. Historical evidence points to the erection by them of the greater pyramids, also to their introduction of those magical arts for which the Egyptians became notorious. This latter fact brings the _Uksi_ into connection with the _Tuath-de-danaans_ (whose name is indicative of proficiency in magic), and serves to strengthen the author’s opinion that both belonged to the same Chaldean stock. CHAPTER XII (PP. 157-166)