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 but those which have proceeded from the ignorance of the translator. Thevenot in his Travels speaks of the fables of Damné et Calilve, meaning the Heetopades, or Pilpay's fables. The translator, however, calls them the fables of damned Calilve. In the compilation from the Mercurio Peruano, which was published some years ago, under the title of The Present State of Peru, P. Geronymo Roman de la Higuera, a name but too well known in Spanish literature, is translated, Father Geronymo, a Romance of La Higuera. There is another such instance in the Appendix to Mr. Pinkerton's Geography, but whether it rests with him or M. Barbié du Bocage, I know not. The Memoir speaks of "Don Michael de Sylva, Bishop of Viseu, Secretary of La Pureté, favourite of the King of Portugal." The Bishop was Escrivam de poridade, that is, confidential secretary, by which