{204} The god Vishnu is represented as a tortoise. {209} Although only the beginning of spring, the temperature rose during the day as high as 95-99 degrees Fah. {212a} Mundsch is the royal tutor, writer, or interpreter. {212b} It is well known that saltpetre produces a considerable reduction of temperature. {213} Indor lies 2,000 feet above the level of the sea. {225} Monsoons are the periodical winds which blow during one-half the year from east to west, during the other half from west to east. {226} The Black Town is that part of the town in which the poorer classes of inhabitants reside. That neither beauty nor cleanliness are to be sought there, is a matter of course. {227} There are in all only 6,000 Parsees in the island of Bombay. {228} And yet Bombay is the principal seat of the Fire-worshippers. {268} This is an error: M. Botta made the first attempt to excavate the Ninevite remains at Khorsabad. Mr. Layard had, moreover, commenced his excavations before he received the countenance of the British Museum authorities.