Being a merchant he wore dagger and sword, a safe practice as it deters attack and far better than carrying hidden weapons, derringers and revolvers which, originating in the United States, have now been adopted by the most civilised nations in Europe. Footnote 85: I have noted (vol. ii. 186, iv. 175) the easy expiation of perjury amongst Moslems, an ugly blot in their moral code. Footnote 86: _i.e._ Enter in the name of Allah. Footnote 87: _i.e._ Damn your soul for leading me into this danger! Footnote 88: Arab. “Saff Kamaríyát min al-Zujáj.” The Kamaríyah is derived by Lane (Introd. M.E.) from Kamar = moon; by Baron Von Hammer from Khumárawayh, second of the Banu-Tulún dynasty, at the end of the ixth century A.D., when stained glass was introduced into Egypt. N.B.—It must date from many centuries before. The Kamariyah are coloured glass windows about 2 feet high by 18 inches wide, placed in a row along the upper part of the Mashrabíyah or projecting lattice-window, and are formed of small panes of brightly-stained glass set in rims of gypsum-plaster, the whole framed in wood. Here the allusion is to the “Mamrak” or dome-shaped skylight crowning the room. See vol. viii. 156. Footnote 89: _i.e._ easily arrested them. Footnote 90: The reader will not forget the half-penitent Captain of Bandits in Gil Blas. Footnote 91: Arab. “Abtál” = champions, athletes, etc., plur. of Batal, a brave: so Batalat = a virago. As the root Batala = it was vain, the form “Battál” may mean either a hero or a bad lot: see vol. viii. 335; x. 74, 75. Footnote 92: Arab. “Fityán;” plur. of Fatà: see vol. i. 67. Footnote 93: This was in popular parlance “adding insult to injury:” the blackening their faces was a promise of Hell-fire. Footnote 94: Arab. “Shayyan li ’lláh!” lit. = (Give me some) Thing for (the love of) Allah. The answer in Egypt is “Allah ya’tík:” = Allah will give it thee (not I), or, “Yaftah ’Allah,” = Allah open (to thee the door of subsistence): in Marocco “Sir fí hálik” (pron. Sirfhák) = Go about thy business. In all cities there is formula which suffices the asker; but the Ghashím (Johnny Raw) who ignores it, is pestered only the more by his protestations that “he left his purse at home,” etc. Footnote 95: _i.e._ engaged her for a revel and paid her in advance. Footnote 96: Arab. “Rasílah” = a (she) partner, to accompany her on the lute. Footnote 97: Suggesting that they are all thieves who had undergone legal mutilation. Footnote 98: Arab. “Nuzhat-í:” see vol. ii. 81. Footnote 99: Arab. “Muhattakát;” usually “with torn veils” (fem. plur.) here “without veils,” metaphor. meaning in disgrace, in dishonour. Footnote 100: For this reedy Poa, see vol. ii. 18. Footnote 101: