millions.]

[Footnote 125: p. 68. l. 11. _Kali_. It must be remembered that Kali, while
within the body of Nala, had been enchanted by the serpent Karkotaka.]

[Footnote 126: p. 68. l. 16. Damayanti; who had cursed in the forest all who had
caused the misery of Nala.]

[Footnote 127: p. 68. l. 25. Compare Prospero's power in the Tempest.]

[Footnote 128: p. 70. l. 4. _All the region round him echoing--with the thunders
of his car._ This scene rather reminds us of the watchman reporting
the rapid approach of Jehu, "The driving is like the driving of Jehu
the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously." II Kings ix, 20.]

[Footnote 129: p. 70. l. 6. _In their joy they pawed and trampled._ The horses
of Nala had been before conveyed to the city of king Bhima by
Varshneya.]

[Footnote 130: p. 70. l. 16. _--as at sound of coming rain._ The rejoicing of
the peacocks at the approach of rain is very sweetly described in the
play of Malati and Madhava, translated by Mr. Wilson.

Ah Malati, how can I bear to contemplate
The young Tamala, bowed beneath the weight
Of the light rain; the quivering drops that dance
Before the cooling gale; the joyful cry
That echoes round, as pleased the pea-fowl hail
The bow of heaven propitious to their loves.--p. 108.

In the Cloud Messenger, the Yaksha who addresses the cloud, fears lest
it should be delayed by the cry of the peacock--

Or can the peacock's animated hail
The bird with lucid eyes, to lure thee fail.--l. 147.

In another passage,

Pleased on each terrace, dancing with delight,
The friendly peacock hails thy grateful flight.--l. 215.]

[Footnote 131: p. 76. l. 19. _--much and various viands came_. The reader must
remember the various gifts bestowed on king Nala by the gods upon his
marriage.]

[Footnote 132: p. 77. l. 22. _--of her mouth ablution made_. Washing the mouth
after food, which Damayanti in her height of emotion does not forget,
is a duty strictly enjoined in the Indian law, which so rigidly
enforces personal cleanliness. "With a remnant of food in the mouth,
or when the Sraddha has recently been eaten, let no man even meditate
in his heart on the holy texts." MENU, iv, 109. "Having slumbered,
having sneezed, having eaten, having spitten, having told untruths,
having drunk water, and going to read sacred books, let him, though
pure, wash his mouth." v. 145.]

[Footnote 133: p. 79. l. 17. _--hair dishevelled, mire-defi