hnson's American Atlas_.
Christians 369 millions.
Mohammedans 160 "
Jews 6 "
Buddhists 320 "

_New American Cyclopaedia_.
Buddhists 290 millions.

And Professor Newmann estimates the number of Buddhists at 369 millions.

[99] Le Bouddha et sa Religion. Par J. Barthelemy Saint-Hilaire.--Eastern
Monachism. By Spence Hardy.--Burnouf, Introduction, etc.--Koeppen, Die
Religion des Buddha.

[100] The works from which this chapter has been mostly drawn are
these:--Introduction a l'Histoire du Buddhisme indien. Par E. Burnouf.
(Paris, 1844) Le Bouddha et sa Religion. Par J. Barthelemy Saint-Hilaire.
(Paris, 1860.) Eastern Monachism. By R. Spence Hardy. (London, 1850.) A
Manual of Buddhism in its Modern Development. By R. Spence Hardy. (London,
1853.) Die Religion des Buddha. Von Karl F. Koeppen. (Berlin, 1857.)
Indische Alterthumskunde. Von Christian Lassen. (Bonn, 1852.) Der
Buddhismus, Seine Dogmen, Geschichte, und Literatur. Von W. Wassiljew.
(St. Petersburg, 1860.) Ueber Buddha's Todesjahr. Von N. L. Westergaard.
(Breslau, 1862.) Gott in der Geschichte. Von C. C. J. Bunsen. (Leipzig,
1858.) The Bhilsa Topes, or Buddhist Monuments of Central India. By A.
Cunningham. (London, 1854.) Buddhism in Thibet. By Emil Schlagintweit.
(Leipzig and London, 1863.) Travels in Eastern countries by Hue and Gabet,
and others. Eeferences to Buddhism in the writings of Max Mueller, Maurice,
Baur, Hardwick, Fergusson, Pritchard, Wilson, Colebrooke, etc.

[101] At the end of the fourth century of our era a Chinese Buddhist made
a pilgrimage to the birthplace of Buddha, and found the city in ruins.
Another Chinese pilgrim visited it A.D. 632, and was able to trace the
remains of the ruined palace, and saw a room which had been occupied by
Buddha. These travels have been translated from the Chinese by M.
Stanislas Julien.

[102] _Buddha_ is not a proper name, but an official title. Just as we
ought not to say Jesus Christ, but always Jesus _the_ Christ, so we should
say _Siddartha_ the Buddha, or _Sakya-muni_ the Buddha, or _Gautama_ the
Buddha. The first of these names, Siddartha (contracted from
_Sarvartha-siddha_) was the baptismal name given by his father, and means
"The fulfilment