He takes his vantage on religion, To plant the Pope and popelings in the realm

In the Váyu-puráńa, at least according to my MSS., there are undeniable traces, through a haze of misscription, of several names quite different from those here given.

The anonymous oracle, the author of this pamphlet, is an example of entertaining dullness. He has manufactured a very damp squib; he is a serious man in motley; and practical ideas occasionally drop in among his fantastic vaticinations.

A good billycan was one that had seen many fires, and was pitch black.