[FN#54] The public bath. London knows the word through "The Hummums."
[FN#55] Arab. "Dirham" (Plur. dir á him, also used in the sense of money, "siller"), the drachuma of Plautus (Trin. 2, 4, 23). The word occurs in the Panchatantra also showing the derivation; and in the Syriac Kalilah wa Dimnah it is "Z ú z." This silver piece was = 6 obols (9 3/4d.) and as a weight = 66 1/2 grains. The Dirham of The Nights was worth six "D á nik," each of these being a fraction over a penny. The modern Greek Drachma is=one franc.
[FN#56] In Arabic the speaker always puts himself first, even if he address the King, without intending incivility.
[FN#57] A she-Ifrit, not necessarily an evil spirit.
[FN#58] Arab. "Kullah" (in Egypt pron. "gulleh"), the wide mouthed jug, called in the Hijaz "baradlyah,"
