Zoroaster of Iran. — Zoroaster, it is believed, sprang up in the seventh century before the Christian era, somewhere in the land between the Indus and the Tigris.

Circe's venomed flagon embruted less than doth the Lamia's wine, Than Comus' cup more perilous to sup-- As snakes are worse than swine.

Cruciferae, an Asiatic plant which curls up in a dry wickerlike ball when dry and opens out when moistened.

A childline service has been initiated by the ministry under the integrated programme for street children.