[21] It was not true of him that “dígiti crepantis signa novit.” The coincidence of sound is curious. [↑]
[22] Seven “plough” of cattle. [↑]
[24] This exactly corresponds to our own “Fee faw fum; I smell the blood of an Englishman!” and the Bengali “Aù maù khaù, mánsher gandha paù!” [↑]
[25] Query—Assamese “hingsha.” [↑]
[26] The hideous Kuvera, god of wealth. He was a white man with three legs and eight teeth. Apparently, the same as the Hindu Pluto; and lord of the shades as well as of wealth. [↑]