[23]The Arab term for the Sesamum.—Tr.
[24]Spica nardus; Valeriana celtica.—Tr.
[25]The fruit of the prunus mahaleb, or perfumed cherry, a native of Austria.—Tr.
[26]Dhofer is the shell of an animal found on the Red Sea, cut into small pieces and used as a perfume, emitting a pleasant odour when held over the fire. Burckhardt’s Travels in Nubia, p. 286.—Tr.
[27]The use of Kophel is of very great antiquity, and is mentioned in the New Testament by the term στιβίζειν.—Tr.
[28]The miners in Germany form almost a particular caste, and are distinguished from every other artizan by the peculiarities of their dress. It consists of a black half smock of glazed linen, with wide sleeves, contracted at the wrist, decorated with innumerable buttons, and reaches to the waist, where it is fastened by a broad belt. A leather apron, worn either in front, or, during their work, reversed, completes the uniform. The latter article of dress is essential to them in their occupation, which consists of sitting on the hard rock and breaking the ore away with their hammers. The head is covered with a thick felt hat, without a brim, on the crown of which the lantern or candle is placed, during their descent into the mines.—Tr.
[29]It is customary among Europeans travelling on the Nile, to hoist their national flag, a custom which is the more necessary, as they, by so doing, avoid many enquiries, which are made at different places by the local police, and thus save themselves much trouble, and unnecessary delay.
[30]Chesnut, or maize flour, boiled in water, a species of flummery.—Tr.
[31]Bamié, or bamíyeh, the esculent hibiscus: the part eaten is a polygonal pod full of seeds and nutritive mucilage. Lane’s Modern Egyptians, note, p. 199.—Tr.
[32]The oock’ckah is = 400 dir’hems, is from 3 lb. 3 oz. 13¾ dwt., to 3 lb. 4 oz. troy; or from 2 lb. 11 oz. 8 dr. 18¾ gr., to about, or nearly 2 lb. 12 oz., or 2¾ lb. avoirdupois. Vide Lane’s Modern Egyptians, Library of Entertaining Knowledge, appendix, p. 578.—Tr.