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[FN#72] Arab. "Kumkum," a gourd-shaped bottle of metal, china or

glass, still used for sprinkling scents. Lane gives an

illustration (chapt. viii., Mod. Egypt.).

[FN#73] Arab. meaning "the Mother of Amir," a nickname for the

hyena, which bites the hand that feeds it.

[FN#74] The intellect of man is stronger than that of the Jinni;

the Ifrit, however, enters the jar because he has been adjured by

the Most Great Name and not from mere stupidity. The seal-ring of

Solomon according to the Rabbis contained a chased stone which

told him everything he wanted to know.

[FN#75] The Mesmerist will notice this shudder which is familiar

to him as preceding the "magnetic" trance.

[FN#76] Arab. "Bahr" which means a sea, a large river, a sheet of

water, etc., lit. water cut or trenched in the earth. Bahri in

Egypt means Northern; so Yamm (Sea, Mediterranean) in Hebrew is

West.

[FN#77] In the Bul. Edit. "Ruyan," evidently a clerical error.

The name is fanciful not significant.