[332]This is ad captandum.The lovers becoming Moslems would secure the sympathy of the audience.In the sequel （Night dccclviii） we learn that the wilful young woman was a born Moslemah who had married a Jew but had never Judaized.
[333]The doggerel of this Kasidah is _disibledevent=interest.This legal expression has been adopted by all Moslem races.
[361]Our Aden which is thus noticed by Abulfeda （A.D.1331）：
'Aden in the lowlands of Teh mah also called Abyana from a man （who found it？），built upon the seashore，a station （for land travellers） and a sailing-place for merchant ships India-bound；is dry and sunparcht （Kashifah，squalid，scorbutic） and sweet water must be imported. It lies 86 parasangs from San' but Ibn Haukal following the travellers makes it three stages.The city，built on the skirt of a wall-like mountain，has a watergate and a landgate known as Bab al-S kayn.But'Adan L'ah （the modest，the timid，the less known as opposed to Abyan，the better known？） is a city in the mountains of Sabir，Al-Yaman，whence issued the supporters of the Fatimite Caliphs of Egypt.''Adan etymologically means in Arab.and Heb.pleasure （{Greek letters}），Eden （the garden），the Heaven in which spirits will see Allah and our'Coal-hole of the East，'which we can hardly believe ever to have been an Eden.Mr.Badger who supplied me with this note described the two Adens in a paper in Ocean Highways，which he cannot now find.In the'Aj ib al-Makhlāk t；Al-Kazwini （ob.A.D.1275） derives the name from Ibn Sin n bin Ibrahim；and is inclined there to place the Bir al-Mu'attal （abandoned well） and the Kasr alMashid （lofty palace） of Koran xxii.44；and he adds'Kasr al-Misyad'to those mentioned in the tale of Sayf al-Mulāk and Badi'a al-Jam l.