26 ([return])
[ Branch of Pearl, see vol. ii. 57.]
27 ([return])
[ Arab. "Kahbah," the lowest word (vol. i. 70), effectively used in contrast with the speaker's surroundings.]
28 ([return])
[ Arab. "Yá kabírí," = mon brave, my good man.]
29 ([return])
[ This exaggeration has now become familiar to English poets.]
30 ([return])
[ Like an Eastern he goes to the water-closet the first thing in the morning, or rather dawn, and then washes ceremonially before saying the first prayer. In Europe he would probably wait until after breakfast. See vol. iii. 242.]