[FN#518] So Eginhardt was an Erzcapellan and belonged to the ghostly profession.
[FN#519] These lines are in vols. iii. 258 and iv. 204. I quote Mr. Payne.
[FN#520] Arab. "Fir á sah," lit. = skill in judging of horse flesh (Faras) and thence applied, like "Kiy á fah," to physiognomy. One K á ri was the first to divine man's future by worldly signs (Al-Mayd á ni, Arab. prov. ii. 132) and the knowledge was hereditary in the tribe Mash í j.
[FN#521] Reported to be a "Hadis" or saying of Mohammed, to whom are attributed many such shrewd aphorisms, e.g. "Allah defend us from the ire of the mild (tempered)."
[FN#522] These lines are in vol. i. 126. I quote Torrens (p. 120).
[FN#523] These lines have occurred before. I quote Mr. Payne.
[FN#524] Arab. "Kh á k-b á k," an onomatop œ ia like ou
