Washing the feet was a ceremony of ancient times, adopted not merely with a view, 1st, to personal comfort, in hotter climates; or, 2d, to decorum of appearance, where people walked about barefooted; but also, 3d, to the reclining posture in use at meals, which necessarily brought the feet into immediate contact with the cushions, squabs, &c. of couches. NOTE 6. Chemistry had its first origin in Arabia; and it is not impossible that the chemical nomenclature for gold and silver, viz. _sol_ and _luna_, were derived from this early superstition of the Bedouin dress. NOTE 7. The Thalmud is the only Jewish authority which mentions such a utensil of the toilette as a comb, (vi. 39,) but without any particular description. Hartmann adds two remarks worth quoting. 1. That the Hebrew style of the _coiffure_ may probably be collected from the Syrian coins; and, 2. That black hair being admired in Palestine, and the Jewish hair being naturally black, it is probable that the Jewish ladies did not color their hair, as the Romans did. NOTE 8. Or rather it was required only in a catarrh, or other cases of checked perspiration, which in those climates was not a case of common occurrence. NOTE 9. By which was probably meant a color nearer to crimson, than to the blue class of purples. NOTE 10. It has been doubted whether these trains were supported by train-bearers; but one argument makes it probable that they were not, viz. that they were particularly favorable to the peacock walk or strut, which was an express object of imitation in the gait of the Hebrew women. FINAL NOTES. I. The _Syndon_, mentioned by Isaiah, &c. was a delicate and transparent substance, like our tiffany, and in point of money value was fully on a level with the Caftan; but whether imported from Egypt, or imitated in the looms of the Hebrews and Phoenicians, is doubtful. It was worn next to the skin; and consequently, in the harems of the great, occupied the place of the under tunic (or _chemise_) previously described; and, as luxury advanced, there is reason to think that it was used as a night _chemise_. II. The _Caftan_ is the _Kalaat_ of the East, so often mentioned by modern travellers; thus, for example, Thevenot (tom. iii. p. 352) says--'Le Roi fait assez souvent des presens a ses Khans, &c. L'on appelle ces presens _Kalaat_.' Chardin. (iii. 101,) 'On appelle _Calaat_ les habits que le Roi donne par honeur.' And lately in Lord Amherst's progress through the northern provinces of our Indian empire, &c. we read continually of the _Khelawt_, or robe of state, as a present made by the native princes to distinguished officers. The Caftan, or festival robe of the Hebrews, was, in my opinion, the [Greek Text: Peaelos] of the Greeks, or _palla_ of the Romans. Among the points of resemblance are these:-- 1. The _palla_ was flung like a cloak or mantle, over the _stola_, or uppermost robe, 'Ad talos stola demissa et _circundata_ palla.'