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[FN#8] The very same words were lately spoken in England proving

the eternal truth of The Nights which the ignorant call

"downright lies."

[FN#9] The Arab's Tue la!

[FN#10] Arab. "Sayd wa kanas": the former usually applied to

fishing; hence Sayda (Sidon) = fish-town. But noble Arabs (except

the Caliph Al-Amin) do not fish; so here it means simply "sport,"

chasing, coursing, birding (oiseler), and so forth.

[FN#11] In the Mac. Edit. the negro is called "Mas'ud"; here he

utters a kind of war-cry and plays upon the name, "Sa'ad, Sa'id,

Sa'ud," and "Mas'ud", all being derived from one root, "Sa'ad" =

auspiciousness, prosperity.