[4] This incident may be compared with one described in Veckenstedt’s Wendische Sagen, p. 82.
[5] Ananta, endless, or infinite, is a name of the thousand-headed serpent Śesha.
[6] Reading khadgam for the khadge of Dr. Brockhaus’s text.
[7] Female demon. The Rákshasas are often called “night-wanderers.”
[8] Or more literally of the month Chaitra, i. e., March-April.
[9] At nine o’clock in the morning.
[10] Anas Casarca, commonly called the Brahmany duck. The male has to pass the night separated from its female: if we are to trust the unanimous testimony of Hindu poets.
[11] A name of Durgá. Cp. Prescott’s account of the human sacrifices in Mexico, Vol. I pp. 62, 63.
[12] This incident reminds us of the fifth rule in Wright’s Gesta Romanorum.
[13] Or it may mean “from a distance,” as Dr. Brockhaus takes it.