[378] The attitude of respect, common in the East, when a servant has a request to make of his master; or a very inferior person of one who is greatly his superior.
[379] Meaning, "of surpassing speed."
[380] In the original, the word is kai, or the green scum that floats on stagnant water. "Bihzad Khan, dispersed the enemy as kai is dispersed when a stone is thrown into the water," is nearly the original simile.
[381] Literally, "merely continued bringing up the soil from the bottom."
[382] The first and second Darweshes.
[383] One of the many epithets applied to Darweshes in the East.
[384] A Persian proverb.
[385] The regent; the fourth Darwesh's uncle.
[386] According to the fabulous system of jinns, divs, paris, &c., in Asia, it is supposed that the jinns and paris live on essences, &c. The divs are malignant spirits or beings, and live on less delicate food.
[387] Divs or demons; the malignant race of jinns.