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[FN#5] This three-days term (rest-day, drest-day and departure

day) seems to be an instinct-made rule in hospitality. Among

Moslems it is a Sunnat or practice of the Prophet.)

[FN#6] i.e., I am sick at heart.

[FN#7] Debauched women prefer negroes on account of the size of

their parts. I measured one man in Somali-land who, when

quiescent, numbered nearly six inches. This is a characteristic

of the negro race and of African animals; e.g. the horse; whereas

the pure Arab, man and beast, is below the average of Europe; one

of the best proofs by the by, that the Egyptian is not an

Asiatic, but a negro partially white-washed. Moreover, these

imposing parts do not increase proportionally during erection;

consequently, the "deed of kind" takes a much longer time and

adds greatly to the woman's enjoyment. In my time no honest Hindi

Moslem would take his women-folk to Zanzibar on account of the

huge attractions and enormous temptations there and thereby

offered to them. Upon the subject of Imsak = retention of semen

and "prolongation of pleasure," I shall find it necessary to say

more.