[963] “Herodotus in Book VIII. says that the ancients worshipped the Gods and Genii of any place under the form of serpents. ‘Set up,’ says some one in Persius’ Satires (No. 1), ‘some marks of reverence such as the painting of two serpents to let boys know that the place is sacred.’”—Seymour, F., Up Hill and Down Dale in Ancient Etruria, p. 237.
[964] Johnson, W., Byways, p. 304.
[965] Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, 1869.
[966] MacKenzie, D. A., Myths of Crete, p. 138.
[967] Light of Britannia, p. 200.
[968]Cf. Percy Reliques (Everyman’s Library), p. 21.
[969] The Baron’s Cave at Reigate is “about 150 feet long” (ante, [p. 799]).
[970] Percy Reliques, p. 20.
[971] Hawes, Crete the Forerunner of Greece, p. 125.
[972] The Cornish Riviera, p. 265.