[FN#226] Arab. "Taghadd á ," the dinner being at eleven a.m. or noon.
[FN#227] Arab. Ghand ú r for which the Dictionaries give only "fat, thick." It applies in Arabia especially to a Har á mi, brigand or freebooter, most honourable of professions, slain in foray or fray, opposed to "Fat í s" or carrion (the corps cr é v é of the Klephts), the man who dies the straw-death. Pilgrimage iii. 66.
[FN#228] My fair readers will note with surprise how such matters are hurried in the East. The picture is, however, true to life in lands where "flirtation" is utterly unknown and, indeed, impossible.
[FN#229] Arab. "Zabbah," the wooden bolt (before noticed) which forms the lock and is opened by a slider and pins. It is illustrated by Lane (M. E. Introduction).
[FN#230] i.e. I am not a petty thief.
