FOOTNOTES

¹ Lane's "Arabic-English Lexicon," Vol. V.

² Doughty refers to animals such as sheep or horses taken as booty.

³ Skeat's "Malay Magic," pp. 341-342.

⁴ This is also the custom in Egypt.

⁵ Compare the Tradition already cited.

⁶ On the contrary, the Traditions leave the matter uncertain, except as regards the practice of the Jews.

⁷ Orotal = Allah Ta'ala, God Supreme,—Zwemer.

⁸ This must be a misprint, even in so careful and accurate a work, for "hair of the child."

⁹ ’Akedah — the binding or knotting of a rope.