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only outwaid .sIioav of devotion. There is, as 1 have 

 shown before, a threat similaiity amongst all these early 

 religions,— the Hindus, the Buddhists, nay, even that of 

 the Roman Pantheism, with its Jupiter, Minerva, and 

 Juno, had a representation of the Trinity, which we 

 shall also find in some of the Japanese temples. Again 

 at Loo-choo, a dependency of Japan, lately incorporated 

 witli the latter empire, one frequently meets wdth 

 broken lingams, although not generally venerated by 

 the Japanese ; and, being a feature of Hindu worship, 

 it was probably received from Java or India. 



Quite recently a very important discovery has been 

 made by the aid of a learned Buddhist priest, throwing 

 a new light upon some of the teachings of that body, 

 and favouring the view long entei'tained that many of 

 the Sanscrit MSS., which had been carried off from 

 India to China, must still be in existence in its temples 

 and monasteries. Seai-cli had been made in the latter 

 country, Imt none were found, .although translations 

 from Sanscrit into Chinese did exist. Strange enough a 

 Japanese priest, some time ago, sent to Professor Max 

 Midler a book containin": one of the sacred texts of 

 Buddhism in the original Sanscrit, hitherto unknown, a 

 Sutra, containing a description of the Buddhist Paradise, 

 which with the northern Buddhists took the place of 

 Buddha's Nirvdna. New treasui-es. it is hoped, Avill be 



