220 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIX, 
ikons of the gods begin to speak and prophesy.’’ We quote 
this Russian only to show how the legend of lamps relighting 
of themselves has perhaps persisted in his own Church. If the 
Russian reported correctly what he heard, we might have again 
here for Tibet a case of borrowing from Nestorianism, or an 
early belief common to many Eastern religions. 
P. 178. 9. Chinese (Christians ?) coming on pilgrimages 
to St. Thomas’ tomb before A.D. 1500.—The following is taken 
from a rare work printed at only 25 copies: The, Italian 
version) of a’ Letter’ from the King of Portugal (Dom 
Manuel)/ to the King of Castille (Ferdinand). Written in 1505/, 
giving, an account of the voyages tc and/conquests in the East 
Indies from 1500 to 1505 A.D./ Reprinted from the Copy/ 
(printed by J. Besicken at Rome in 1505)/ in the Marciana 
ibrary at Venice,’ (one of the three now in existence),/ with 
Notes, ete., by/ A. C. Burnell, Ph.D./ London;/ Printed—not 
for sale—by/ Messrs. Wyman & Sons, Ls=1. 
After referring to the arrival at Cochin, on Dec. 23, 1500, 
of the second armada under Pedralvares Cabral, the writer 
mentions the St. Thomas Christians of Malabar and tells us 
what the Portuguese learned from them about St. Thomas’ 
tomb. [P, 6.] ‘De li inteseno che il corpo de santo Thoma 
e lontano da Cuchin CL. leghe alla costa del mare in vna cittade 
chiamata Mailapur de pocho popolo & portorno terra de la 
sua sepultura: la quale per li molti miraculi e frequentata da 
christiani & da tutte quelle nationi. Et cusi hanno portati 
qui dui christiani sacerdoti: li quali con licentia del suo plado 
sono venuti per andare a Roma & in Jerusalem: p’che 
teneno che li Ecclia d’santo Pietro sia meglio gouernata ch’ la 
oro. Preterea inteseno che vitra la dicta casa d’ sancto Thoma sono 
omnes indi: et regni cataii: eorum  pontifex catholica 
dicitur....praeficit patriarchas suos, ut dictt est, alterum in 
india: in cataio alterum.”’ 
P. 180. 10. St. Thomas in the sea—In Zeitschrift der 
Morgenlindischen Gesellschaft, Vol XXX, pp. 260-405, 
R. Schréter published Jacob of Sarug’s letter to the Himyarite 
Christians of Najran. Among the notes at p. 586, Schroter 
speaks of a variant in Cod. Nitr. V (now numbered: Cod. 
Syr. 117), verse 120, from which I gather that some one 
