“Khátim.”—It is _allowable_ to wear it on a finger of the _left_ hand. Footnote 58: See St. John’s Gospel iii. 33; and Exodus xxxix. 30. Footnote 59: Therefore, giving the ring to another person is the utmost mark of confidence.—See Genesis xli. 42. Footnote 60: This is a very ancient custom.—See Ezekiel ix. 2, 3, 11. The dawáyeh is represented in a cut in Chapter IX. Footnote 61: The zaaboot is mostly worn in the winter. Footnote 62: A kind of blue and white plaid (called “miláyeh”) is also worn by some men, but more commonly by women, in the account of whose dress it will be further described: the men throw it over the shoulders, or wrap it about the body. Footnote 63: Commonly written by English authors “Caliph,” or “Khalif.” Footnote 64: This appellation (of which “’ulama” is the plural) signifies a man of science or learning. Footnote 65: “Sheykh” here signifies _master_, or _doctor_. Footnote 66: See 2 Kings ix. 30 (where, in our common version, we find the words, “painted her face” for “painted her eyes”), and Ezekiel xxiii. 40. Footnote 67: Scissors are often used to reduce the width of the eye-brows, and to give them a more arched form. Footnote 68: _Lawsonia inermis_; also called “Egyptian privet.” Footnote 69: The application of this dye to the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet is said to have an agreeable effect upon the skin; particularly to prevent its being too tender and sensitive. Footnote 70: The depilatory most commonly used by the Egyptian women is a kind of resin, called libán shámee, applied in a melted state: but this, they pretend, is not always necessary: by applying the blood of a bat to the skin of a newly-born female infant, on the parts where they wish no hair to grow, they assert that they accomplish this desire. A female upon whom this application has been made is termed “muwatwatah”; from “watwát,” a bat. Some women pluck out the hair after merely rubbing the part with the ashes of charcoal. Footnote 71: Egyptian women swear by the side-lock (as men do by the beard), generally holding it when they utter the oath, “Wa-hayát maksoosee!” Footnote 72: This is similar in form to the tób of women of the lower orders. Footnote 73: See Genesis xxiv. 65; and Isaiah iii. 23. See also I Corinthians xi. 10, and a marginal note on that verse. Footnote 74: Some of those who are descended from the Prophet wear a green burko’. Footnote 75: For “muláäh.” Footnote 76: There is a superior kind of miláyeh, of silk, and of various colours; but this is now seldom worn. The two pieces which compose the miláyeh are sewed together, like those which compose the habarah. Footnote 77: The classical reader will recognise, in this picturesque garment, an article of ancient Greek and Roman female attire. CHAPTER II. INFANCY AND EARLY EDUCATION.