I.E., has not yet had time to do
much at Delhi beyond the work of conservation. A fourteenth Delhi is
now being built (1914).
30. _Ante_, chapter 53, [19].
31. These epistolary formulas mean no more than the similar official
phrases in English, 'Your most obedient humble servant', and the
like. The 'fortunate occurrence' of the Mutiny--for such it was, in
spite of all the blood and suffering--cut out many plague-spots from
the body politic of India. Among these the reeking palace swarm of
Delhi was not the least malignant.
32. Azrail is the angel of death, whose duty it is to separate the
souls from the bodies of men. Israfil is entrusted with the task of
blowing the last trump.
33. The resurrection, and the signs foretelling it, are described in
the _Mishkat-ul-Masabih_, book xxiii, chapters 3 to 11. (Matthews,
vol. ii, pp. 556-620.)
34. The Hindoo 'ages' are (1) Krita, or Satya, (2) Treta, (3)
Dwapara, (4) Kali, the present evil age. The long periods assigned to
these are merely the result of the calculations of astronomers, who
preferred integral to fractional numbers.
35. This kind of education does not now pay, and is, consequently,
going out of fashion.
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