[421]. Dogs, too, are eaten by many Maghrab′ees settled at Alexandria, and by descendants of the same people; of whom there are also a few in Cairo, in the quarter of Teyloon.
[422]. Kur-án, chap. vi., ver. 118.
[423]. To express that a person has done this, they say, “sháhad el-hawáïg,” for “ghasal el-hawáïg wa-teshahhad ’aleyha.”
[424]. See Leviticus xix. 32.
[425]. This is not meant to reflect upon the Turks, nor upon the Arabs of the desert.
[426]. Chap. vii., ver. 142.
[427]. In the first edition of the present work, I included, among these supposed causes, the degree of restraint imposed upon the women, and their seclusion from open intercourse with the other sex. This I did, not because confinement is said to have this effect in the West, where, being contrary to general custom, it is felt as an oppression, but because the assertion of the Egyptians, that the Eastern women in general are more licentiously disposed than the men, seemed to be an argument against the main principle of the constitution of Eastern society. I did not consider that this argument is at least counter-balanced by what I have before mentioned, that the women who are commonly considered the most licentious (namely, those of Egypt) are those who are said to have most licence.
[428]. Chap. xxiv., ver. 4.
[429]. Vulgarly called “Muristán.”
[430]. Madness is said to be more common and more violent in Egypt when the black bádingán (or black egg-plant) is in season; that is, in the hot weather.