Arab. “’Udúl” (plur. of ’Ádil), gen. men of good repute, qualified as witnesses in the law-court, see vol. iv. 271. It is also used (as below) for the Kazi’s Assessors. Footnote 64: About £80. Footnote 65: Arab. “Kitáb” = book, written bond. This officiousness of the neighbours is thoroughly justified by Moslem custom; and the same scene would take place in this our day. Like the Hindú’s, but in a minor degree, the Moslem’s neighbours form a volunteer police which oversees his every action. In the case of the Hindú this is required by the exigencies of caste, an admirable institution much bedevilled by ignorant Mlenchhas, and if “dynamiting” become the fashion in England, as it threatens to become, we shall be obliged to establish “Vigilance Committees” which will be as inquisitorial as caste. Footnote 66: _e.g._ writing The contract of A. with B., daughter of Such-an-one, etc. Footnote 67: Arab. “Hujjat,” which may also mean an excuse. Footnote 68: The last clause is supplied by Mr. Payne to stop a gap in the broken text. Footnote 69: The text idiotically says “To the King.” Footnote 70: In the text “Nahnu” = we, for I; a common vulgarism in Egypt and Syria. Footnote 71: This clause has required extensive trimming; the text making the Notary write out the contract (which was already written) in the woman’s house. Footnote 72: Arab. “Husn tadbír” = lit. “beauty of his contrivance.” Husn, like καλὸς, pulcher, beau and bello, is applied to moral and intellectual qualities as well as to physical and material. Hence the καλὸ γέρων, or old gentleman which in Romaic becomes Calogero, a monk. Footnote 73: _i.e._ that some one told me the following tale. Footnote 74: Arab. “Mutawallí”: see vol. i. 259. Footnote 75: _i.e._ his Moslem neighbours. Footnote 76: In the text is a fearful confusion of genders. Footnote 77: Her object was to sue him for the loss of the pledge and to demand fabulous damages. Footnote 78: Arab. “Ya’tamidúna hudà-hum” = purpose the right direction, a skit at the devotees of her age and sex; and an impudent comment upon the Prefect’s address “O she-devil!” Footnote 79: The trick has often been played in modern times at fairs, shows, etc. Witness the old Joe Miller of the “Moving Multitude.” Footnote 80: Apparently meaning the forbidden pleasures of wine and wassail, loose talk and tales of women’s wiles, a favourite subject with the lewder sort of Moslem. Footnote 81: _i.e._ women’s tricks. Footnote 82: The “Turkoman” in the text first comes in afterwards. Footnote 83: Arab. “Kásid,” the old Anglo-Indian “Cossid”: see vol. vii. 340. Footnote 84: