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[FN#121] Arab. "Kurrat al-ayn;" coolness of eyes as opposed to a

hot eye ("sakhin") one red with tears. The term is true and

picturesque so I translate it literally. All coolness is pleasant

to dwellers in burning lands: thus in Al-Hariri Abu Zayd says of

Bassorah, "I found there whatever could fill the eye with

coolness." And a "cool booty" (or prize) is one which has been

secured without plunging into the flames of war, or simply a

pleasant prize.

[FN#122] Popularly rendered Caucasus (see Night cdxcvi): it

corresponds so far with the Hindu "Udaya" that the sun rises

behind it; and the "false dawn" is caused by a hole or gap. It is

also the Persian Alborz, the Indian Meru (Sumeru), the Greek

Olympus and the Rhiphaean Range (Veliki Camenypoys) or great

starry girdle of the world, etc.