1.—­THE POLOS AT ACRE. (Vol. i. p. 19. Int.)

M. le Comte Riant (Itin. a Jerusalem, p. xxix.) from various data thinks the two sojourns of the Polos at Acre must have been between the 9th May, 1271, date of the arrival of Edward of England and of Tedaldo Visconti, and the 18th November, 1271, time of the departure of Tedaldo.  Tedaldo was still in Paris on the 28th December, 1269, and he appears to have left for the Holy Land after the departure of S. Lewis for Tunis (2nd July, 1270).—­H.C.

2.—­SORCERY IN KASHMIR. (Vol. i. p. 166.)

In Kalhanda’s Rajatarangini, A Chronicle of the Kings of Kasmir translated by M.A.  Stein, we read (Bk.  IV. 94, p. 128):  “Again the Brahman’s wife addressed him:  ’O king, as he is famous for his knowledge of charms (Kharkhodavidya), he can get over an ordeal with ease.’” Dr. Stein adds the following note:  “The practice of witchcraft and the belief in its efficiency have prevailed in Kasmir from early times, and have survived to some extent to the present day; comp. Buehler, Report, p. 24....  The term Kharkhoda, in the sense of a kind of deadly charm or witchcraft, recurs in v. 239, and is found also in the Vijayesvaramah (Adipur.), xi. 25.  In the form Kharkota it is quoted by the N.  P.W. from Caraka, vi. 23. Kharkhota appears as the designation of a sorcerer or another kind of uncanny persons in Haracar., ii. 125, along with Krtyas and Vetalas....”

3.—­PAONANO PAO. (Vol. i. p. 173.)

In his paper on Zoroastrian Deities on Indo-Scythians’ Coins (Babylonian and Oriental Record, August, 1887, pp. 155-166; rep. in the Indian Antiquary, 1888), Dr. M.A.  Stein has demonstrated that the legend PAONANO PAO on the coins of the Yue-Chi or Indo-Scythian Kings (Kanishka, Huvishka, Vasudeva), is the exact transcription of the old Iranian title Shahanan Shah (Persian Shahan-shah), “King of Kings”; the letter P, formerly read as P(r), has since been generally recognised, in accordance with his interpretation as a distinct character expressing the sound sh.

4.—­PAMIR. (Vol. i. pp. 174-175.)

I was very pleased to find that my itinerary agrees with that of Dr. M.A.  Stein; this learned traveller sends me the following remarks:  “The remark about the absence of birds (pp. 174-175) might be a reflex of the very ancient legend (based probably on the name zend Upairi-saena, pehlevi Aparsin, ‘higher than the birds’) which represents the Hindu Kush range proper as too high for birds to fly over.  The legend can be traced by successive evidence in the case of the range north of Kabul.”—­ Regarding the route (p. 175) from the Wakhjir (sic) Pass down the Taghdum-bash Pamir, then via Tash-kurghan, Little Karakul, Bulun Kul, Gez Daria to Tashmalik and Kashgar, Dr. Stein says that he surveyed it in July, 1900, and he refers