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Arthur’s Chase. Certain sounds heard in the air, supposed, by superstitious people, to be made by a hunting party of the condemned souls of the guilty, led by an evil spirit.

Behemoth. For an explanation of this monster, we refer our readers to the Scriptures.

Man and Mouse. A familiar expression in Germany, signifying all together.

Friend Hein. A German name for Death.

Whose office it was to present her with water. It was the duty of one of the court ladies to present the sovereign with water.

Our chaste ancestry. In Germany, as in other countries, at an early period, love before marriage was held indecorous.

The history of the Seven Sleepers is known everywhere. See the Holy Writings of the Patriarchs.

Pathmos, instead of cavity. Pathmos is one of the Icarian, islands, where, in a cavern, St. John wrote the Apocalypse. From