[29]. Esoteric students everywhere understand that California is one of the occult eyes of the world, because it still retains the magnetism of pre-historic times, never having been visited by the ice ages nor the flood, and only in recent geologic reckoning being partially purified by fire. Its Sanscrit name is Kali (time) and purna (fulfillment).
[30]. Yermo and Yermina are diminutives and corruptions of Guillermo, the Spanish for William, and are in common use among the natives of Mexico and the neighboring states.
[31]. Chas. Piazzi Smyth, at Teneriffe.
[32]. Von Humboldt at Teneriffe.
[33]. Calaveras skull, Smithsonian Institution.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
- Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling.
- Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.