[32] The import of the word “compromised,” when used in reference to contagion, is explained on page 18.
[33] It is said, that when a Mussulman finds himself attacked by the plague he goes and takes a bath. The couches on which the bathers recline would carry infection, according to the notions of the Europeans. Whenever, therefore, I took the bath at Cairo (except the first time of my doing so) I avoided that part of the luxury which consists in being “put up to dry” upon a kind of bed.
[34] Mehemet Ali invited the Mamelukes to a feast, and murdered them whilst preparing to enter the banquet hall.
[35] It is not strictly lawful to sell white slaves to a Christian.
[36] The difficulty was occasioned by the immense exertions which the Pasha was making to collect camels for military purposes.
[37] Herodotus, in an after age, stood by with his note-book, and got, as he thought, the exact returns of all the rations served out.
[38] See Milman’s “History of the Jews,” first edition.
[39] This is an appellation not implying blame, but merit; the “lies” which it purports to affiliate are feints and cunning stratagems, rather than the baser kind of falsehoods. The expression, in short, has nearly the same meaning as the English word “Yorkshireman.”
[40] The 29th of April.
[41] These are the names given by the Prophet to certain chapters of the Koran.