p. 215.—_The violet sherbets._—“The sweet-scented violet is one of the plants most esteemed, particularly for its great use in Sorbet, which they make of violet sugar.”—_Hasselquist._ “The sherbet they most esteem, and which is drunk by the Grand Signor himself, is made of violets and sugar.”—_Tavernier._ Footnote 269: p. 215.—_The pathetic measure of Nava._—“Last of all she took a guitar, and sung a pathetic air in the measure called Nava, which is always used to express the lamentations of absent lovers.”—_Persian Tales._ Footnote 270: p. 217.—_No music tim’d her parting oar._ “The Easterns used to set out on their longer voyages with music.”—_Harmer._ Footnote 271: p. 217.—_In silence through the Gate of Tears._ “The Gate of Tears, the straits or passage into the Red Sea, commonly called Babelmandel. It received this name from the old Arabians, on account of the danger of the navigation, and the number of shipwrecks by which it was distinguished; which induced them to consider as dead, and to wear mourning for all who had the boldness to hazard the passage through it into the Ethiopic ocean.”—_Richardson._ Footnote 272: p. 218.—_In the still warm and living breath._ “I have been told that whensoever an animal falls down dead, one or more vultures, unseen before, instantly appear.”—_Pennant._ Footnote 273: p. 218.—_As a young bird of_ BABYLON. “They fasten some writing to the wings of a Bagdat or Babylonian pigeon.”—_Travels of certain Englishmen._ Footnote 274: p. 219.—_Shooting around their jasper fount._ “The Empress of Jehan-Guire used to divert herself with feeding tame fish in her canals, some of which were many years afterwards known by fillets of gold, which she caused to be put round them.”—_Harris._ Footnote 275: p. 219.—_To tell her ruby rosary._ “Le Tespih, qui est un chapelet composé de 99 petites boules d’agate, de jaspe, d’ambre, de corail, ou d’autre matière précieuse. J’en ai vu un superbe au Seigneur Jerpos; il étoit de belles et grosses perles parfaites et égales, estimé trente mille piastres.”—_Toderini._ Footnote 276: p. 223.—_Like meteor brands as if throughout._ The meteors that Pliny calls “faces.” Footnote 277: p. 224.—_The Star of_ EGYPT _whose proud light._ “The brilliant Canopus, unseen in European climates.”—_Brown._ Footnote 278: p. 224.—_In the White Islands of the West._ See Wilford’s learned Essays on the Sacred Isles in the West. Footnote 279: p. 225.—_Sparkles, as ’twere that lightning-gem._ A precious stone of the Indies, called by the ancients Ceraunium, because it was supposed to be found in places where thunder had fallen. Tertullian says it has a glittering appearance, as if there had been fire in it; and the author of the Dissertation in Harris’s Voyages supposes it to be the opal. Footnote 280: p. 227.—_Their garb—the leathern belt that wraps._