Pagina 770 di 788

157 [In the original Switezianka, a nymph that apparently

Mickiewicz himself invented as an inhabitant of the Switez, a

small lake near his home. One of his ballads is entitled

Switezianka, another Switez.]

158 [The Polish "short mile" was of 15,000 feet, or somewhat less

than three English miles; the "long mile" was of 22,500 feet.]

159 [A sort of Polish Puck. He figures prominently in Slowacki's

tragedy Balladyna.]

160 [See note 21. The name of Plut's birthplace might be

translated Skinnem.]