[28] The native’s deferential fear for the animal in question, makes him reluctant to pronounce its name, a liberty likely to give offence; referring to the lord of the woods, he speaks rather of his respected uncle (paman) or grandfather (kakeh), which satisfies, at the same time, his lingering belief in the transmigration of the soul.
[29] Siva as Kala, the destroyer with the lion’s or tiger’s head, Banaspati, devouring the sea-monster Makara: time finishing all things and alleviating all distress, in respect of which notion Voltaire’s short but pointed story of Les Deux Consolés may be profitably read.
[30] Query: Has St. Patrick ever been on the Diëng?
[31] Or Bhimo, one of Arjuno’s four brothers and avenger of the honour of the family on Kichaka, who had fallen in love with their common wife Draupadi.
[32] No buildings in the Northern Indian or Indo-Arian style have been found in Java.
[33] Reporting to the Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences, January 11, 1909.
[34] That which has been, returns and will return through all time.
[35] Whence its name, derived from api (fire).
[36] The title Loro designates a lady of very high birth.
[37] Legèn is the liquor prepared by fermentation of the sap drawn from some trees of the palm family.