224 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengaj. {[N.S., XIX, 
of the hand, in which he kept oil of aloes. I was much sur- 
prised at it, when the king said to me. “* We have much larger 
than this.” Jbid, p. 30n. 2, quoting Ibn Batuta, p. 187. 
On January 15, 1923, in the evening, while driving with 
Mgr. A. M. Teixeira from Fort St. George along the Marina to 
San Thomé, Mylapore. I wondered at two bright red lights 
shining from a high tower in the distance, and I was told by 
my companion that the light came from Government House 
and indicated that the Governor was at home. Might not 
this simple fact, I thought, help us to understand Prester 
John’s two carbuncles illuminating the night ? 
P. 198. 17. In my country no poisons hurt, said Prester 
John. There are no thieves or murderers.—Anold boast. Of the 
many Times, amongst us, for our Sins.’ Ch. 29, p. 363 of 
Constable’s edition, 1895. Compare also with the Latin 
passage quoted from the Si-ngan-fu stele, in additional note. 
Could Sir John de Mandeville’s text be traced back to any 
of the teats on India collected by M‘Crindle? J have failed 
to trace it in the index of M‘Crindle’s Ancient. India, West- 
minster, A. Constable, 1901. 
Pours Prester John’s truth-reflecting mirror.—The 
idea seems to be an Eastern one, judging from what Mrs. E. 
ks. i te 
Mik6shi across the sea at Miyajima, and on the reverse side a 
scene from Gokuraku— Paradise, or else the Buddha himself! 
Cf. Mrs. BE. A. Gordon, World-Healers, 11 377. ae 
». 204. 1 Passages in the ‘‘ Si-ngan-fu_ siéle similar 
passages in Prester John’s letter.—‘ Juxta Occidentalium 
regionum illustratam memoriam, et Han Weique historicos 
codices, Magnae T'sin re num, meridie comprehendit rubri 
coralli 0 Mare, septentrione attingit omnis pretiosi o montes, 
