[312] 3. =Apuleius's Golden Ass.= Apuleius was a Roman satirist who
lived in the first half of the second century. His most celebrated work
was _Metamorphoses, or the Golden Ass_, a satirical romance to ridicule
Christianity.
[313] 4. =Calender's horse of brass.= See the story in the _Arabian
Nights_.
[314] 6. =Islam's prophet on Al-Borák.= Mohammed was believed to make
his journeys between heaven and earth upon a creature, which some say
was a camel, named Al-Borák. (The word signifies lightning.)
[315] 26. =Bacchus=; the god of wine and revelry. A Bacchanalian revel
was a common subject for decorations.
[316] 30. =Mænads=; women who attended Bacchus, the god of wine, waving,
as they danced and sang, the thyrsus, a wand entwined with ivy and
surmounted by a pine cone.
[317] 35. =Chaleur Bay=; an inlet of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, between
Gaspé and New Brunswick. It is a great resort for mackerel fishing.