Mahomet is described, in the 53d chapter of the Koran, as having seen the Angel Gabriel “by the lote-tree, beyond which there is no passing: near it is the Garden of Eternal Abode.” This tree, say the commentators, stands in the seventh Heaven, on the right hand of the Throne of God. Footnote 198: p. 155.—_As the hundred and twenty thousand Streams of Basra._—“It is said that the rivers or streams of Basra were reckoned in the time of Pelal ben Abi Bordeh, and amounted to the number of one hundred and twenty thousand streams.”—_Ebn Haukal._ Footnote 199: p. 155.—_Who, like them, flung the jereed carelessly._—The name of the javelin with which the Easterns exercise. See _Castellan, Mœurs des Othomans_, tom. iii. p. 161. Footnote 200: p. 156.—_The Banyan Hospital._—“This account excited a desire of visiting the Banyan Hospital, as I had heard much of their benevolence to all kinds of animals that were either sick, lame, or infirm, through age or accident. On my arrival, there were presented to my view many horses, cows, and oxen, in one apartment; in another, dogs, sheep, goats, and monkeys, with clean straw for them to repose on. Above stairs were depositories for seeds of many sorts, and flat, broad dishes for water, for the use of birds and insects.”—_Parson_’s Travels. It is said that all animals know the Banyans, that the most timid approach them, and that birds will fly nearer to them than to other people.—See _Grandpré_. Footnote 201: p. 157.—_Like that of the fragrant grass near the Ganges._—“A very fragrant grass from the banks of the Ganges, near Heridwar, which in some places covers whole acres, and diffuses, when crushed, a strong odour.”—_Sir W. Jones_, on the Spikenard of the Ancients. Footnote 202: p. 157.—_No one had ever yet reached its summit._—“Near this is a curious hill, called Koh Talism, the Mountain of the Talisman, because, according to the traditions of the country, no person ever succeeded in gaining its summit.”—_Kinneir._ Footnote 203: p. 158.—_Is warmed into life by the eyes alone._—“The Arabians believe that the ostriches hatch their young by only looking at them.”—_P. Vanslebe, Rélat. d’Egypte._ Footnote 204: p. 159.—_And then lost them again for ever._—See _Sale_’s Koran, note, vol. ii. p. 484. Footnote 205: p. 159.—_While the artisans in chariots._—Oriental Tales. Footnote 206: p. 160.—_Who kept waving over their heads plates of gold and silver flowers._—Ferishta. “Or rather,” says _Scott_, upon the passage of Ferishta, from which this is taken, “small coins, stamped with the figure of a flower. They are still used in India to distribute in charity, and, on occasion, thrown by the purse-bearers of the great among the populace.” Footnote 207: