[192] The Persian Gulf, sometimes so called, which separates the shores of Persia and Arabia.
[193] The present Gombaroon, a town on the Persian side of the Gulf.
[194] A Moorish instrument of music.
[195] "At Gombaroon and other places in Persia, they have towers for the purpose of catching the wind and cooling the houses.—Le Bruyn.
[196] "Iran is the true general name for the empire of Persia.—Asiat. Res. Disc. 5.
[197] "On the blades of their scimitars some verse from the Koran is usually inscribed.—Russel.
[198] There is a kind of Rhododendros about Trebizond, whose flowers the bee feeds upon, and the honey thence drives people mad;"—Tournefort.
[199] Their kings wear plumes of black herons' feathers, upon the right side, as a badge of sovereignty "—Hanway.
[200] "The Fountain of Youth, by a Mahometan tradition, is situated in some dark region of the East."—Richardson.
[201] Arabia Felix.