[FN#199] Arab. "Ghar á mah," an exaction, usually on the part of government like a corv é e etc. The Europeo-Egyptian term is Avania (Ital.) or Avanie (French).
[FN#200] Arab. "Sayyib-hu" an Egyptian vulgarism found also in Syria. Hence S á ibah, a woman who lets herself go (a-whoring) etc. It is syn. with "Dashar," which Dozy believes to be a softening of Jashar; and Jashsh became Dashsh.
[FN#201] The Silurus is generally so called in English on account of its feeler-acting mustachios.
[FN#202] See Night dcccvii, vol. viii. p. 94.
[FN#203] This extraordinary confusion of two distinct religious mythologies cannot be the result of ignorance. Educated Moslems know at least as much as Christians do, on these subjects, but the Rawi or story-teller speaks to the "Gallery." In fact it become
