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CHAINED IMAGES. To the Editor of ,—There are two instances in Burma to my knowledge in which a tradition remains of images of Buddha having been formerly shackled. One is at Pegu, in the Shwênathâ Pagoda, and the other is in the Mahâmuni Pagoda at Mandalay. Both images are of presumably foreign (Indian) origin. The image in the Shwênathâ Pagoda is said to have once fled from Pegu! And the people are said to be afraid that the image in the Mahâmuni Pagoda at Mandalay will go back to the original Mahâmuni Pagoda which is at Mrôhaung in Arakan, whence it was taken in 1784.

Rangoon.

RED-HAIRED MEN.

To the Editor of

,—It can hardly be that the objection to red-haired men is of Hebrew origin, as suggested by Mr. Clouston on p. 558 of last year's. The dislike is Egyptian: the Egyptians heaped insults upon red-haired men and also sacrificed the ass to Set (Typhon), because he was supposed to be red-haired and ass-coloured in complexion (, Plutarch, Isis and Osiris,