“The women blacken the inside of their eyelids with a powder named the black Kohol.”—_Russel._ “None of these ladies,” says _Shaw_, “take themselves to be completely dressed, till they have tinged the hair and edges of their eyelids with the powder of lead ore. Now, as this operation is performed by dipping first into the powder a small wooden bodkin of the thickness of a quill, and then drawing it afterwards through the eyelids over the ball of the eye, we shall have a lively image of what the Prophet (Jer. iv. 30) may be supposed to mean by _rending the eyes with painting_. This practice is no doubt of great antiquity; for besides the instance already taken notice of, we find that where Jezebel is said (2 Kings, ix. 30) _to have painted her face_, the original words are, _she adjusted her eyes with the powder of lead ore_.”—_Shaw_’s Travels. Footnote 64: p. 52.—_In her full lap the Champac’s leaves of gold._ The appearance of the blossoms of the gold-coloured Campac on the black hair of the Indian women has supplied the Sanscrit Poets with many elegant allusions.—See _Asiatic Researches_, vol. iv. Footnote 65: p. 52.—_The sweet Elcaya, and that courteous tree._ A tree famous for its perfume, and common on the hills of Yemen.—_Niebuhr._ Footnote 66: p. 52.—_Which bows to all who seek its canopy._ Of the genus mimosa, “which droops its branches whenever any person approaches it, seeming as if it saluted those who retire under its shade.”—_Ibid._ Footnote 67: p. 53.—_The bowers of_ TIBET, _send forth odorous light._ “Cloves are a principal ingredient in the composition of the perfumed rods, which men of rank keep constantly burning in their presence.”—_Turner_’s Tibet. Footnote 68: p. 54.—_With odoriferous woods of_ COMORIN. “C’est d’où vient le bois d’aloès que les Arabes appellent Oud Comari, et celui du sandal, qui s’y trouve en grande quantité.”—_D’Herbelot._ Footnote 69: p. 54.—_The crimson blossoms of the coral tree._ “Thousands of variegated loories visit the coral-trees.”—_Barrow._ Footnote 70: p. 54.—_Mecca’s blue sacred pigeon._ “In Mecca there are quantities of blue pigeons, which none will affright or abuse, much less kill.”—_Pitt_’s Account of the Mahometans. Footnote 71: p. 54.—_The thrush of Hindostan._ “The Pagoda Thrush is esteemed among the first choristers of India. It sits perched on the sacred pagodas, and from thence delivers its melodious song.”—_Pennant_’s Hindostan. Footnote 72: p. 55.—_About the gardens, drunk with that sweet food._ _Tavernier_ adds, that while the birds of Paradise lie in this intoxicated state, the emmets come and eat off their legs; and that hence it is they are said to have no feet. Footnote 73: p. 55.—_Whose scent hath lur’d them o’er the summer flood._