Wak！' （God！ God！） till their hair is cut，and when it is cut they die；and the islanders understand this cry wherefrom they augure ill.'The Aj ib al-Hind （chapt.xv.） places in Wak-land the Samandal，a bird which enters the fire without being burnt evidently the Egyptian'Pi-Benni，'which the Greeks metamorphised to'Phoenix.'It also mentions a hare-like animal，now male then female，and the Somal behind Cape Guardafui tell the same tale of their Cynhy‘nas.
[128]i.e.I will keep thee as though thou wert the apple of my eye.
[129]A mere exaggeration of the'Gull-fairs'noted by travellers in sundry islands as Ascension and the rock off Brazilian Santos.
[130]Arab.'K mil wa Basit wa W fir'= the names of three popular metres，for which see the Terminal Essay.
[131]Arab.'Man shif'= drying towels，Plur.of Minshafah；and the popular term which Dr.Jonathan Swift corrupted to'Munnassaf.'Lane （Nights，Introduct.p.ix.）.
[132]Arab.'Shafaif'opposed to'Shafah'the mouth-lips.
[133]Fountains of Paradise.This deion is a fair instance of how the Saj'a （prose-rhyme） dislocates the order；an Arab begins with hair，forehead，eyebrows and lashes and when he reaches the _disibledevent=opening everything （as e.g.a maidenhead）.
[135]Egyptian and Syrian vulgar term for Maw liyah or Maw liyah，a short poem on subjects either classical or vulgar.