[320] "The Arabian women wear black masks with little clasps prettily ordered."—Carreri. Niebuhr mentions their showing but one eye in conversation.
[321] "The golden grapes of Casbin."—Description of Persia.
[322] "The fruits exported from Caubul are apples, pears, pomegranates," etc.—Elphinstone.
[323] "We sat down under a tree, listened to the birds, and talked with the son of our Mehmaundar about our country and Caubul, of which he gave an enchanting account; that city and its 100,000 gardens," etc.—Ib.
[324] "The mangusteen, the most delicate fruit in the world; the pride of the Malay islands."—Marsden.
[325] "A delicious kind of apricot, called by the Persians tokmekshems, signifying sun's seed."—Description of Persia.
[326] "Sweetmeats, in a crystal cup, consisting of rose-leaves in conserve, with Iemon of Visna cherry, orange flowers," etc.—Russel.
[327] "Antelopes cropping the fresh berries of Erac."—The Moallakat, Poem of Tarafa.
[328] "Mauri-ga-Sima, an island near Formosa, supposed to have been sunk in the sea for the crimes of its inhabitants. The vessels which the fishermen and divers bring up from it are sold at an immense price in China and Japan."—See Kempfer.
[329] Persian Tales.