■ ■ ,^ESSA¥ ON THE- 



This island and country qf Lloegyr or Locura ,ls prohshlyth^ samq 

 with the island of LakeTia, the native c^jint^.pf , Venues,, and her mo,^ 

 ther AsTYNOME, wl)o married Ap£[fio?,the same -probahly with Hesperus 

 or the west, the son of Saturn, and the^bi;Qtl]Ler ofr J^^ 



according to the ChronicourPaschQ,!^, . ■. .^ , -^ i\ -. ■ .; - , ■ ,,.,.,- ;-:..r-^...r 



Of the island of the moon, there are even sonte pretty strong traces' i% 

 the mythology of the west : for Timarghus, when he was transported in 

 the spirit to the islands of the departed, positively asserts, that one of 

 them was the portion or island of the rnoon; and Statius, fn his J'hebaiSs 

 says, that philosophers declared, that there was a moon on earth,('> Tk^ 

 island of the moon is declared in the Purdnas to be Swerga-bhumi or ^ 

 celestial earth: hence we read in Macrobius, that we are to considej' the 

 moon as an earth or region, which we might call a (jelestial earth, or ter- 

 restrial moon ; <'^>^ and Lutatius asserts, that it was the opinion of philo- 

 sophers, that there was a moon on earths This idea prevailed then 

 equally in the west, and the present passage from Lutatius requires no 

 emendation, .■ \ , 



■ As 'Swe'tam Is the vesidence , of -YishnUj and. of the Suprenie Being 

 ?i]so, for they are generally considered gs pm, it isxalied his Teja^sthdn^ 

 or the place of the refulgenc^.pf yisHNu, pr in other words his Ghritoa 

 sthan; for teja ^r\d gjirzta are sy^onymoujSp ^.nd signify refulgence, fes-^ 

 plendence? It is true that'5W;e^^ is neyer.called^^rz'^a; yet it is declared 

 to be ^^ri'to or a resplendent place or island, or the same is expressed 

 in other synonymous words. Such is the resplendence of its cliffs, an^ 

 th^t pf the whole island, that it is seen at a great distance ; and mgrtal 



<'') Macros, p= 41, See notes also, 



(2) Macros, in Somn„ Scipion. p. 41 it? notis. 



