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 Gitdbvand Vigfiisson, M. A., and F. York Powell, 



M. A., vol. i. Atla Krida 213 



" I dreamed that two hawks " — Corpus Poetictim 



Boreale 214 



" Adam drowned his ghost " — Legends of the Holy Rood, 

 ed. Richard Morris, S. S. D. Dispute bet. Mary and 



the Cross, xvi . 214 



" The fell Jews " — Ibid.,xvm 214 



Merry Wives of Windsor, v. 5. 167 215 



Love's Labour'' s Lost, v. 2. 233 215 



" There is a wine " — Pliny : Nat. Hist., bk. xv. ch. xx. 219 

 The Hydromel of y^ginata — Thos. Moffett : The. of 



Insects 220 



Galen's honeyed vinegar — Moffett . 221 



" Aswins, men who " — Rig- Ve da, 1 2,^-2, 226 



"When Aswins, you harness" — Rig- Veda, 157.2 . . 226 



" May the three-wheeled cart " — Rig-Veda, 157.3 . . 226 



" Bring us Aswins " — Rig-Veda, i^^.^ 226 



" With those aids " — Rig-Veda, 112. 21 226 



Honey was believed to come from the moon, hence the ref- 

 erence to the Aswins delivering honey to the bees. 



" When Maruts" — 7?/>-F6'rt'^, 87.2 227 



" He then seeks her mouth '' — Grihya-Sfitra of Hiran- 



yakesin, i. 7.24 227 



" Let the father " ) c.^ ii* ^ ■, r-^, 



f .Sanknayana-Grthya-Sutra, 1. 24.34 • 227 



" I administer " > "^ -^ » t oh- / 



" When a son " — Asvaldyana-Grihya-Stitra, i. 15.1 . 228 



" Such food " — Ibid., xvi. 5 228 



"He pours cold water" — Sdnkhdyana-Grihya-SCitra, 



i. 28.8 228 



"This branch" — Ibid., iii. 2.5.6 229 



A son was the dearest wish of the Hindu, as otherwise the 

 proper sacrifices could not be performed at the father's death, 

 and as honey is mythically connected with birtli and the pro- 

 duction of offspring, hence the invocation at the founding of 

 a home. Cattle were the chief wealth of the ancient Hindus, 



