There is a letter from Susan Treggari on this subject
of "From Lyden's 'Irenius' " in the Kipling Journal
No.306, June 2003, pp.56-57. She confirms that 'gerb'
means a firework and has some very interesting
comments on the whole topic.
With best regards
David Page
Harrow, UK
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