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[FN#112] Arab. "Fata": lit.=a youth; a generous man, one of noble

mind (as youth-tide should be). It corresponds with the Lat.

"vir," and has much the meaning of the Ital. "Giovane," the Germ.

"Junker" and our "gentleman."

[FN#113] From the Bul. Edit.

[FN#114] The vagueness of his statement is euphemistic.

[FN#115] This readiness of shedding tears contrasts strongly with

the external stoicism of modern civilization; but it is true to

Arab character, and Easterns, like the heroes of Homer and

Italians of Boccacio, are not ashamed of what we look upon as the

result of feminine hysteria-"a good cry."