[39] The ex-voto spoken of in the beginning of our story represents this scene.

[40] Cap worn by the peasantry.

[41] Luke xvi. 9.

[42] “A great politician is dead!”

[43] “This will be a dangerous spirit.”

[44] Land of the Veda. By Rev. Dr. Butler.

[45] Papers relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 4, 1871.

[46] British Blue-Book. China, No. 3, 1871.

[47] Evolution of Life. By Henry C. Chapman, M.D. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1873.

[48] See Dublin Review, July, 1871.