There are twenty-two letters in the Phoenician alphabet
(see Appendix, Maspero’s Histoire ancienne des
peuples de l’Orient, p. 746, etc.) Unfortunately
Mr Quatermain gives us no specimen of the Zu-Vendi
writing, but what he here states seems to go a long
way towards substantiating the theory advanced in
the note on p. 149. — Editor.
These are internal measurements. — A.
Q.
Light was also admitted by sliding shutters under
the eaves of the dome and in the roof. —
A. Q.
This line is interesting as being one of the few allusions
to be found in the Zu-Vendi ritual to a vague divine
essence independent of the material splendour of the
orb they worship. ‘Taia’, the word
used here, has a very indeterminate meaning, and signifies
essence, vital principle, spirit, or even God.
Alluding to the Zulu custom. — A. Q.
In Zu-Vendis members of the Royal House can only be
married by the High Priest or a formally appointed
deputy. — A. Q.
Alluding to the Zu-Vendi custom of carrying dead officers
on a framework of spears.
The Zu-Vendi people do not use bows. —
A. Q.
Of course, the roof of the Temple, being so high,
caught the light some time before the breaking of
the dawn. — A. Q.
Of course the Court of Probate would allow nothing
of the sort. — Editor.
It is suggested to me that this book is The Cruise
of the “Falcon”, with which work I am
personally unacquainted.
