[252] "The Guebres are known by a dark yellow color, which the men affect in their clothes."—Thevenot.
[253] "The Kolah, or cap, worn by the Persians, is made of the skin of the sheep of Tartary."—Waring.
[254] A frequent image among the oriental poets. "The nightingales warbled their enchanting notes, and rent the thin veils of the rose-bud, and the rose."—Jami.
[255] "Blossoms of the sorrowful Nyctanthes give a durable color to silk."—Remarks on the Husbandry of Bengal, p. 200. Nilica is one of the Indian names of this flower.—Sir W. Jones. The Persians call it Gul.—Carreri.
[256] "In parts of Kerman, whatever dates are shaken from the trees by the wind they do not touch, but leave them for those who have not any, or for travellers.—Ebn Haukal.
[257] The two terrible angels, Monkir and Nakir, who are called "the Searchers of the Grave" in the "Creed of the orthodox Mahometans" given by Ockley, vol. ii.
[258] "The Arabians call the mandrake 'the devil's candle,' on account of its shining appearance in the night."—Richardson.
[259] For an account of Ishmonie, the petrified city in Upper Egypt, where it is said there are many statues of men, women, etc., to be seen to this day, see Perry's "Views of the Levant."
[260] Jesus.
[261] The Ghebers say that when Abraham, their great Prophet, was thrown into the fire by order of Nimrod, the flame turned instantly into "a bed of roses, where the child sweetly reposed."—Tavernier.