NOTES TO THE GIAOUR. 6l

dead, before whom the corpse undergoes aslight noviciate and preparatory training fordamnation- If the answers are none of the cle-arest he i« hauled up with a scythe and thum-ped down with a red hot mace till properlyseasoned , with a variety ol subsidiary proba-tions. The office of these angels is no sine-cure; there are hut two, and the number oforthodox deceased being in a small proportionto the remainder, their hands are always full.

Note 36 , page 29, line 7.

To wander round lost Ellis* throne.

Eblis, the Oriental Prince of Darkness-

Note 37, page 29, line 12.hut first j on earth as Vampire sent.

The Vampire supersition is still general inthe Levant. Honest Tourmfort tells a longstory, which Mr. Southey, in the notes on Tli.vlaha, <fuotes ahont these «Vrnucolochas,“ as hecalls them. The Romaic term is «Yardnulacha. M1 recollect a whole family being terrified bythe scream ofa child, which they imagined mustproceed from such a visitation. The (irccksnever mention the word wilhout horror. 1 findthat «Ilroucolokas” is an old legitimate Helle-nic appellation — at least is so applied to Ar-