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[206] This must _disibledevent='Moon of the age.'Kamar is the moon between her third and twentysixth day: Hilal during the rest of the month: Badr (plur. Budur whence the name of the Princess) is the full moon.

[225] Arab 'Ra'aya'plur. of 'Ra'iyat'our AngloIndian Ryot,lit. a liege,a subject;secondarily a peasant,a Fellah.

[226] Another audacious parody of the Moslem 'testification'to the one God,and to Mohammed the Apostle.

[227] Showing how long ago forts were armed with metal plates which we have applied to warships only of late years.

[228] The comparison is abominably truein the East.