History of Al-Hajjaj Bin Yusuf and the Young Sayyid (pp. 39-60).
P. 43, note 1.—I doubt if the story-teller intended to represent Al-Hajjaj as ignorant. The story rather implies that he was merely catechising the youth, in order to entangle him in his talk.
P. 46.—Compare the story of the Sandal-wood Merchant and the Sharpers (Nights, vi. p. 206) in which the Merchant is required to drink up the sea [or rather, perhaps, river], and requires his adversary to hold the mouth of the sea for him with his hand.
P. 52, note 3.—It is well known that children should not be allowed to sleep with aged persons, as the latter absorb their vitality.