[276] Spectator, vol. 66. 1891.
[277] Gentleman’s Magazine, part i. 1833.
[278] Felix Liebrecht, Die Symbolik und Mythologie der Natur.
[279] Owen on Serpents.
[280] The writer is indebted for this translation to John P. Hopkinson, Esq.
[281] Felix Liebrecht, Zur Volkskunde. 1877.
[282] Shakespeare refers to this subject in several passages, and among them the following:—
How came her eyes so bright? Not with salt tears.
Midsummer Night’s Dream.
With tears as salt as sea.