[1020] W. Crooke, op. cit. i. 74.
[1021] W. Weston, Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps (London, 1896), p. 162.
[1022] L. J. B. Bérenger-Féraud, Les Peuplades de la Sénégambie (Paris, 1879), p. 291.
[1023] R. Lange, “Bitten um Regen in Japan,” Zeitschrift des Vereins für Volkskunde, iii. (1893) pp. 334 sq. Compare W. G. Aston, Shinto (London, 1905), p. 153. However, the throwing of the dragon into the waterfall may be a homoeopathic charm rather than a punishment.
[1024] H. H. Bancroft, Native Races of the Pacific States, i. 520.
[1025] Huc, L’Empire chinois⁴ (Paris, 1862), i. 241.
[1026] Mgr Rizzolati, in Annales de la Propagation de la Foi, xvi. (1844) p. 350; Mgr Retord, ib. xxviii. (1856) p. 102. In Tonquin also a mandarin has been known to whip an image of Buddha for not sending rain. See Annales de l’Association de la Propagation de la Foi, iv. (1830) p. 330.
[1027] Huc, L’Empire chinois,⁴ i. 241 sq.
[1028] Lettres édifiantes et curieuses, Nouvelle Édition, xviii. 210.
[1029] J. Bertrand, in Annales de la Propagation de la Foi, xxii. (1850) pp. 351–355; W. W. Rockhill, The Land of the Lamas (London, 1891), p. 311.