FOOTNOTES:
[9] Or "captain of a hundred," centurion. From the Arabic kaid, a leader or chief, mia, a hundred. The Kaidmia is adjutant of the empire.
[10] A kind of sweetmeat prepared for the emperor and persons of high rank, composed of milk, sugar, butter, and cinnamon.
[11] A herb like sweet marjoram, usually accompanying tea in Morocco.
[12] A learned professor of the law. It is the common practice in Arabia to have whispering-galleries and watch-rooms in most houses, so that what passes in one apartment may be overheard in another.
[13] It may here be mentioned, that the Moorish law cannot force a Jew to change his religion; this conversion must be voluntary. The cadi could not, therefore, condemn Sol to death, because she refused to become a Mahometan, unless she had made use of some expressions impugning the law of Mahomet. This will be seen by the sequel.
[14] The Jajamins or Hajamins are Jews invested with certain dignities—Anglicè, "wise men," and respected as such.
[15] On these words was the sentence of Sol framed, impeaching, as they did, the Mahometan creed.
[16] The haïque, a sort of bonded cloak, is worn in Africa by the Jews as well as the Moors.
[17] All Moorish executions are performed with a sword.