NOTE h. P. 141. An allusion to the Second Sight. NOTE i, P. 141. See that fine description of the sudden ani mation of the Palladium in the second book of the Æneid. NOTE k. P. 142. The bull, Apis. NOTE 1. P. 142. The Crocodile. NOTE m. P. 142. So numerous were the Deities of Egypt, that, according to an ancient proverb, it was in that country less difficult to find a god than a man. NOTE n. P. 142. The Hieroglyphics. NOTE O. P. 143. The Catacombs, in which the bodies of the earliest generations yet remain without corruption, by virtue of the gums that embalmed them. NOTE p. P. 143. "The Persians," says Herodotus, “reject the use of temples, altars, and statues. The tops of the highest mountains are the places chosen for sacri fices." i. 131. The elements, and more particularly Fire, were the objects of their religious reverence. NOTE q. P. 143. An imitation of some wonderful lines in the sixth book of the Æneid. NOTE r. P. 145. See Tacitus, 1. xiv. c. 29. NOTE S. P. 146. This remarkable event happened at the siege and sack of Jerusalem, in the last year of the eleventh century, when the triumphant croises, after every enemy was subdued and slaughtered, immediately turned themselves, with the senti ments of humiliation and contrition, towards the holy sepulchre. They threw aside their arms, still streaming with blood: they advanced with reclined bodies, and naked feet and head, to that sacred monument: they sung anthems to their Saviour who had purchased their salvation by his death and agony: and their devotion, enlivened by the presence of the place where he had suffered, so overcame their fury, that they dissolved in tears, and bore the appearance of every soft and tender sentiment. HUME, i. 221. |