[FN#43] i.e. newly dug over.
[FN#44] lit. rukh.
[FN#45] A sweet-scented, variegated wood.
[FN#46] The Arabs consider a slight division of the two middle teeth a beauty.
[FN#47] The Egyptian privet; a plant whose flowers have a very delicious fragrance.
[FN#48] A kind of mocking-bird.
[FN#49] Of providence.
[FN#50] Literally, "O my eyes!"
[FN#51] A niche in the wall, which indicates the position the worshipper must assume, in order to face Mecca, in accordance with the ritual of prayer.
[FN#52] cf. Germ. Zuckerpuppchen.