[FN#36] See note on p. 120. {Vol. 1, FN#35}
[FN#37] Dar es Selam.
[FN#38] A certain fixed succession of prayers and acts of
adoration is called a rekah (or bow) from the inclination of the
body that occurs in it. The ordained prayers, occurring five
times a day, consist of a certain number of rekahs.
[FN#39] i.e. "There is no god but God", etc.
[FN#40] or sinister conjunction of the planets.
[FN#41] Menkeleh, a game played with a board and draughtmen,
partaking of the character of backgammon, draughts and
fox-and-geese.
[FN#42] A common Oriental substitute for soap.
[FN#43] i.e. newly dug over.
[FN#44] lit. rukh.
[FN#45] A sweet-scented, variegated wood.
[FN#46] The Arabs consider a slight division of the two middle
teeth a beauty.
[FN#47] The Egyptian privet; a plant whose flowers have a very
delicious fragrance.
[FN#48] A kind of mocking-bird.
[FN#49] Of providence.
[FN#50] Literally, "O my eyes!"
[FN#51] A niche in the wall, which indicates the position the
worshipper must assume, in order to face Mecca, in accordance
with the ritual of prayer.
[FN#52] cf. Germ. Zuckerpuppchen.
[FN#53] i.e., moles, which are considered a great beauty in the
East.
[FN#54] A female genie.
[FN#55] The unveiling or displaying of the bride before her
husband is the culminating ceremony of a Muslim wedding of the
better class.
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