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NOTES
1 P. 2. The name Pangloss is derived from two
Greek words signifying "all" and "language."
2 P. 8. The Abares were a tribe of Tartars settled
on the shores of the Danube, who later dwelt in part
of Circassia.
3 P. 15. Venereal disease was said to have been first
brought from Hispaniola, in the West Indies, by some
followers of Columbus who were later employed in the
siege of Naples. From this latter circumstance it was
at one time known as the Neapolitan disease.
4 P. 19. The great earthquake of Lisbon happened
on the first of November, 1755.
5 P. 20. Such was the aversion of the Japanese to
the Christian faith that they compelled Europeans trad-
ing with their islands to trample on the cross, renounce
all marks of Christianity, and swear that it was not
their religion. See chap. xi. of the voyage to Laputa
in Swift's Gulliver's Travels.
6 P. 23. This auto-da-fé actually took place, some
months after the earthquake, on June 20, 1756.
7 P. 23. The rejection of bacon convicting them, of
course, of being Jews, and therefore fitting victims for
an auto-da-fé.
8 P. 24. The San-benito was a kind of loose over-
garment painted with flames, figures of devils, the
victim's own portrait, etc., worn by persons condemned
to death by the Inquisition when going to the stake on
the occasion of an auto-da-fé. Those who expressed
repentance for their errors wore a garment of the same
kind covered with flames directed downwards, while

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