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the author and his disciple therefore we get, As it JOURNAL OY ORIENTAL RESEARCH, MADRAS, Vol. . Wero, a conspectus of the learning of logic, and the Part I, January 1927. stage that learning had reached in the eighth Another quarterly scientific Journal has been startcentury A.D., the period when Buddhism remained ed in Madras, showing how far the interest in research still so far in good repute that the rising dynasty
has progressed in India among the natives of that land. of Tibet adopted the religion and introduced it in It was only the other day that we noticed a similar the land of snow'.
Journal in Rajahmundry, and we welcome every sush The work is edited with a very considerable new comer into the antiquarian and archeological amount of creditable care and learning by Pandit field, provided its work is as good and sound as that of Embar Krishnamacharya and Dr. Benoytosh the two new Journals. It is by local effort on the spot Bhattacharyya. The latter provides an illuminat. that the study of the history, literature and philoing English introduction which puts into requisition sophy of the country can be really forwarded. Goall that is known of Indian logic and Indian logicians, neral enquiry, like that of the Asiatic Societies is and the introduction covers as many as a hundred of course necessary in order to keep us in touch with and fifty pages, while the Sanskrit Prasldwana of the progress of learning as a whole, but it is the seventy pagos exhibits great learning and contains local associations that can bring the details to light. in it, as part of it, & versified summary of all the A considerable difference is observable in the two systoms brought under advertence in the Tattvasan- first numbers of the new magazines. The Rajahuraha. The work is of such great value for this del mundry papers were chiefly historical; the Madras partment of learning, and even for the general papers are chiefly on literature and philosophy. No history of Indian culture, that we congratulate the doubt as time goes on both will exhibit researches in editors and the Government of His Highness the all directions, and let us hope that the excellence of Gaikwad on the publication. S. K. AIYANGAR. the first issues will be maintained. R. C. TEMPLE.
NOTES AND QUERIES. COLOURS OF THE GODS.
and then marooned them. He disposed of other A correspondent writes to me: "talking of popu. opponents by cropping their ears or landing them jar Indian beliefs as to Christianity, when I was at St. Holons. When in his cupe, we are told, he in Bihar tho pensants were firmly convinced that would say "I am a Prince at sea. I am the the Christian God was sky-blue in colour. This, proudest man on Earth. I am a Cockny, that's of course, was quite proper, as their own Krishna my glory!" He spent most of his time hovoring was dark-blue. The belief was founded on a very round the Canary Isles, where he plundered the old version of tho Lord's Prayer which commenced
Company's shipping. The Parliament's ships once *Hø Asmâni Bap."
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hunted him on to the rocks off the Scilly Islands, but
he escaped, and a gold chain was offered for his capMUSSULMEN.
ture. However, there is no record that he was ever The use by Europeans of the incorrect term Mus
brought to book. (English Factories, 1842-6, p. 262.) sulmen for Musalmaus has already been noted, in Another famous corsair was Hugo Lambert, a this Journal, and here is another instance from Dutchman who sailed under Fronch colours, and #n unsuspected source.
got the French factory into very bad odour by 1866. About the middle of the twolfth century,
plundering a treasure-ship belonging to the Queen a rumour circulated through Europe that there of Bijapur. Her Majesty was taking a vast store of roigned in Asia, & powerful Christian Emperor, jewels, silks, and carpets, with her on the Mecca pilgriProabyter Johannes. In a bloody fight he had
mago, to distribute as gifts, when Hugo intercepted broken the power of the Mussulmen.-8. Baring. the ship. The famous father Ambrose, the Capu. Gould, Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, p. 29. chin, whose word was law at Surat, had to intervene
R. C. TEMPLE. on behalf of his compatriots. (Thévenot's Voyages A NOTE ON PIRACY IN EASTERN WATERS.
des Indes Orientales, ed. 1727. vol. V, chap. XI.)
Several pirates are mentioned in Ovington. On There are several omissions in Mr. Charles Hill's
p. 438 he narrates the adventures of one Captain valuablo notes on the above subject. One of the most ontertaining of the early pirates was Captain
Say, who was captured by the notorious Sanga
nians. On Mucknell. He had been fined for calling the
page 468, he mentions & certain Puritans “Red-headed devils." This incensed him,
Captain A S , who committed piracies in the
vicinity of Moche. I have never been able to and fuel was added to the flame, when he was
identify Captain A S , or to find out anything ordered to give a state-room on his vessel, the John, to the Portuguese Governor of Mozambique, and his
further about Captain Say. As I am engaged in dusky family. "They would all be poisoned,"
editing Ovington, I should be grateful to any reader ho said, “if those blacks stayed long aboard."
who could kindly assist me, or tell me if he has
in
found any contomporary references to them Two of the Company's officers who were on board throatonod to report him, whereupon Mucknell | the Company's Records or other literature. got them to go ashore for a picnic at Johanna,
H. G. RAWLINSON.
