[{285a}] Lieblein speaks (“Egyptian Religion,” 1884, Leipzig,) of “the mythical name Jo.” Already had Continental savants dismissed the belief in a historical Jo, a leader of the Demos.
[{285b}] There seems to be some mistake here.
[{287}] “Le pierre sorti du soleil se retrouve au Livre des Souffles.” Lefèbure, “Osiris,” p. 204. Brugsch, “Shaï-n. sinsin,” i. 9.
[{304}] “Beach-comber” is the local term for the European adventurers and long-shore loafers who infest the Pacific Archipelagoes. There is a well-known tale of an English castaway on one of the isles, who was worshipped as a deity by the ignorant people. At length he made his escape, by swimming, and was taken aboard a British vessel, whose captain accosted him roughly. The mariner turned aside and dashed away a tear: “I’ve been a god for months, and you call me a (something alliterative) beach-comber!” he exclaimed, and refused to be comforted.