“The Arabian women wear black masks with little clasps prettily ordered.”—_Carreri._ Niebuhr mentions their showing but one eye in conversation. Footnote 358: p. 311.—_On_ CASBIN’S _hills._ “The golden grapes of Casbin.”—_Description of Persia._ Footnote 359: p. 311.—_And sunniest apples that Caubul_— “The fruits exported from Caubul are apples, pears, pomegranates,” &c.—_Elphinstone._ Footnote 360: p. 311.—_in all its thousand gardens bears._ “We sat down under a tree, listened to the birds, and talked with the son of our Mehmaundar about our country and Caubul, of which he gave an enchanting account: that city and its 100,000 gardens,” &c.—_Id._ Footnote 361: p. 311.—MALAYA’S _nectar’d mangusteen._ “The mangusteen, the most delicate fruit in the world; the pride of the Malay islands.”—_Marsden._ Footnote 362: p. 311.—_Seed of the Sun, from_ IRAN’S _land._ “A delicious kind of apricot, called by the Persians tokm-ek-shems, signifying sun’s seed.”—_Description of Persia._ Footnote 363: p. 311.—_With rich conserve of Visna cherries._ “Sweetmeats, in a crystal cup, consisting of rose-leaves in conserve, with lemon of Visna cherry orange flowers,” &c.—_Russel._ Footnote 364: p. 311.—_Feed on in Erac’s rocky dells._ “Antelopes, cropping the fresh berries of Erac.”—The _Moallakat_, Poem of Tarafa. Footnote 365: p. 311.—_And urns of porcelain from that isle._ Mauri-ga-Sima, an island near Formosa, supposed to have been sunk in the sea for the crimes of its inhabitants. The vessels which the fishermen and divers bring up from it are sold at an immense price in China and Japan.—See _Kæmpfer_. Footnote 366: p. 312.—_Amber Rosolli._—Persian Tales. Footnote 367: p. 312.—_From vineyards of the Green-Sea gushing._ The white wine of Kishma. Footnote 368: p. 312.—_Offer’d a city’s wealth._ “The King of Zeilan is said to have the very finest ruby that was ever seen. Kublai-Khan sent and offered the value of a city for it, but the King answered he would not give it for the treasure of the world.”—_Marco Polo._ Footnote 369: p. 312.—_Upon a rosy lotus wreath._ The Indians feign that Cupid was first seen floating down the Ganges on the Nymphæa Nelumbo.—See _Pennant_. Footnote 370: p. 312.—_When warm they rise from Teflis’ brooks._ Teflis is celebrated for its natural warm baths.—See _Ebn Haukal_. Footnote 371: p. 312.—_Of a syrinda._ “The Indian Syrinda, or guitar.”—_Symez._ Footnote 372: p. 313.—_It is this, it is this._ “Around the exterior of the Dewan Khafs (a building of Shah Allum’s) in the cornice are the following lines in letters of gold upon a ground of white marble:—‘_If there be a paradise upon earth, it is this, it is this._’”—_Franklin._ Footnote 373: p. 313.—_As the flower of the Amra just op’d by a bee._