[581]. The person before whose house the announcement is made.
[582]. In Paradise.
[583]. A Fountain of Paradise.
[584]. “’Akab” is the general name of the largest kind of the boats which navigate the Nile; and “’akabeh” (plural “’akabát”), the name of a single boat of this kind.
[585]. Doubting whether the Nile will rise sufficiently high.
[586]. That is, in comparing the height of the river at a particular period in the present year with its height at the same period in preceding years.
[587]. O thou who hast said to me, “Why dost thou not bring better news?”
[588]. Cucumis dudaim.
[589]. Mentha Kahirina.
[590]. The Sheykh of the Mikyás, or Nilometer.