him, and a deposition was made, that four persons had been deprived of life by his attacks. To prevent further mischief, the inhabitants having consulted their Hadagni , took up the body, and found it (as is supposed to be usual in cases of vampyrism) fresh, and entirely free from corruption, and emitting at the mouth, nose, and ears, pure and florid blood. Proof having been thus obtained, they resorted to the accustomed remedy. A stake was driven entirely through the heart and body of Arnold Paul, at which he is reported to have cried out as dreadfully as if he had been alive. This done, they cut off his head, burned his body, and threw the ashes into his grave. The same measures were adopted with the corpses of those persons who had previously died from vampyrism, lest they should, in their turn, become agents upon others who survived them.

This monstrous rodomontade is here related, because it seems better adapted to illustrate the subject of the present observations than any other instance which could be adduced. In many parts of Greece it is considered as a sort of punishment after death, for some heinous crime committed whilst in existence, that the deceased is not only doomed to vampyrise, but compelled to confine his infernal visitations solely to those beings he loved most while upon earth⁠—those to whom he was bound by ties of kindred and affection.⁠—A supposition alluded to in the “ Giaour .”

But first on earth, as Vampire sent Thy corpse shall from its tomb be rent; Then ghastly haunt the native place And suck the blood of all thy race; There from thy daughter, sister, wife At midnight drain the stream of life; Yet loathe the banquet which perforce Must feed thy livid living corpse Thy victims, ere they yet expire Shall know the demon for their sire; As cursing thee, thou cursing them Thy flowers are withered on the stem. But one that for thy crime must fall The youngest, best beloved of