[3] _I.e_., under the influence of wine one speaks the truth. Cf. Pliny, _Nat. Hist_, xiv., chap. 22, § 28, 141, edit. Teubner; _vulgoque_ VERITAS _jam attributa_ VINO _est_. Gk. _οἶνος καὶ ἀλήθεια. V. Paroemiographi_, edit. Gaisford.--(_Translator_.) [4] Hor., _Carm_., I., 35, 26.--(_Translator. _) [5] Compassion, who with no uncertain tone, The work of vengeance done, her laws makes known. [6] Have beasts, forsooth, their universities, Endowed, like ours, with all four faculties? [7] _V_. Part II., Chapter VI. [8] Avatāra (ava-tṛī to descend), descent of a deity from heaven; _e.g._, the ten incarnations of Vishṇu. _V_. Monier Williams' _Sanskrit Dictionary_.--(_Translator_.) [9] Sannyāsin (one who lays down, or resigns), an ascetic; a religious mendicant, or Brāhman of the fourth order. _V._ Monier Williams' _Sanskrit Dictionary_.--(_Translator_.) [10] _V_. Apuleius: _Apologia sive De Magia Liber_ (Lipsiae, Teubner, 1900: page 41, chap, xxxi): _Pythagoram ... memoriae prodiderunt, cum animaduertisset proxime Metapontum in litore Italiae suae, quam subsiciuam Graeciam fecerat, a quibusdam piscatoribus euerriculum trahi, fortunam iactus eius emisse et pretio dato iussisse, ilico piscis eos qui capti tenebantur solui retibus et reddi profundo._--(_Translator_.) [11] In Vol. II. of my _Parerga_, § 177, I have shown that its origin can be traced to the Old Testament. [12] How seriously the matter is being taken up may be seen from the following case which is quite recent. I quote from the _Birmingham Journal_ of December, 1839. "Arrest of a company of eighty-four abettors of dog-fights.--It had come to the knowledge of the Society of Animals' Friends that the Square in Fox Street, Birmingham, was yesterday to be the scene of a dog-fight. Measures were accordingly taken to secure the assistance of the police, and a strong detachment of constables was sent to the spot. At the right moment all the persons present were arrested. These precious conspirators were then handcuffed together in pairs, and the whole party was made fast by a long rope passing between each couple. In this fashion they were marched off to the Police Station, where mayor and magistrate were sitting in readiness for them. The two ringleaders were condemned to pay, each, a fine of £1, and 8s. _6d_. costs; in default, to undergo 14 days' hard labour." The coxcombs whose habit is never to miss noble sport of this sort, must have looked somewhat crestfallen in the midst of the procession. But the _Times_ of April 6, 1855, p. 6, supplies a still more striking instance from the present day; and here we find the paper itself assuming judicial functions, and imposing the right punishment. It recounts the case of a very wealthy Scotch baronet's daughter. The matter had been brought before the law, and the evidence showed that the girl had used a cudgel and knife on her horse with the greatest cruelty; for which she was ordered to pay a fine of £5. But for one