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[FN#29] Arab. "Abu Yakzan" is hardly equivalent with "Pere

l'Eveille."

[FN#30] In Arab. the wa (x) is the sign of parenthesis.

[FN#31] In the nearer East the light little plough is carried

afield by the bull or ass.

[FN#32] Ocymum basilicum, the "royal herb," so much prized all

over the East, especially in India, where, under the name of

"Tulsi," it is a shrub sacred to the merry god Krishna. I found

the verses in a MS. copy of The Nights.

[FN#33] Arab. "Sadaf," the Kauri, or cowrie, brought from the

Maldive and Lakdive Archipelago. The Kamus describes this "Wada'"

or Concha Veneris as "a white shell (whence to "shell out") which

is taken out of the sea, the fissure of which is white like that

of the date-stone. It is hung about the neck to avert the evil

eye." The pearl in Arab. is "Murwarid," hence evidently

"Margarita" and Margaris (woman's name).