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Littre fails to show how "fine powder" became "spirits of wine."

I found this powder (wherewith Jezebel "painted" her eyes) a

great preservative from ophthalmia in desert-travelling: the use

in India was universal, but now European example is gradually

abolishing it.

[FN#101] The tale of these two women is now forgotten.

[FN#102] Arab. "Atadakhkhal." When danger threatens it is

customary to seize a man's skirt and cry "Dakhil-ak!" ( = under

thy protection). Among noble tribes the Badawi thus invoked will

defend the stranger with his life. Foreigners have brought

themselves into contempt by thus applying to women or to mere

youths.

[FN#103] The formula of quoting from the Koran.

[FN#104] Lit. "Allah not desolate me" (by thine absence). This is

still a popular phrase-La tawahishna = Do not make me desolate,

i.e. by staying away too long, and friends meeting after a term

of days exclaim "Auhashtani!"=thou hast made me desolate, Je suis

desole.