[135] “Primitive Culture,” ii. 277.

[136] “Principles of Sociology,” i. 158, 273.

[137] “Tribes and Castes of the N.-W. P. and Oudh,” s. v. “Agnihotri.”

[138] Grimm, “Household Tales,” ii. 547.

[139] Tawney, “Katha Sarit Sâgara,” i. 322.

[140] Oldfield, “Sketches,” ii. 242; Wright, “History,” 35; and compare Prescott, “Peru,” i. chap. 3; Lubbock, “Origin of Civilization,” 312.

[141] Lady Wilde, “Legends,” 126.

[142] Abul Fazl appears to have confused Sûraj Sankrânti or the entrance of the sun into a constellation with Sûrya-Kânta or “sun-beloved,” the sun-crystal or lens, which gives out heat when exposed to the rays of the sun.

[143] Blochmann, “Aîn-i-Akbari,” i. 48.

[144] Leland, “Etruscan Roman Remains,” 103.