[8] "An allusion to the boasted superiority of what is called Damascus steel over our Sheffield cutlery."
[9] "As we should say, 'What a bear-garden!' Two mullahs in one mosque are sure to fight."
[10] "One of the Rustam's great exploits was slaughtering the Divi Sapid, or White Demon—a personage, say the Persians, clearly typical of the modern Russians."
[11] "European ladies in general."
[12] "Four wives are allowed by law and religion, but if a man marries half a dozen or so, it is considered a peccadillo, not a felony."
[13] "Which, by-the-by, is borrowed from the Arab saying concerning the city of Wasit."
[14] "Bits of roast meat with onion between, fastened together with a skewer."
[15] "Fowls are considered impure in the extreme by high-caste Hindoos."
[16] "The wealthy nobles in Scinde generally support an establishment called Mehman-Khana (guest-house), in which they receive and entertain poor travellers and strangers."
[17] "To call a man 'beggar' does not sound polite in English, but it does in Scinde ears. An Oriental would generally prefer being under any kind of obligation to his superiors than lack connection with them."