-drinker"; so the Sultan of
Roum, or Turkey, is styled in Persia.]
[Footnote 80: The kabob shops at Constantinople are eating-houses,
where, at a moment's notice, a dish of roast meat, and small bits of
meat done on skewers, are served up to whoever asks for them.]
[Footnote 81: So the Persians call Freemasons, about whom they are very
inquisitive.]
[Footnote 82: Sheikh Attar and Jelaledin Rumi are the two great doctors
of the Sufies.]
[Footnote 83: A mollah who is a schoolmaster is also styled ahkon.]
[Footnote 84: It is a popular belief that near the city of Kashan there
exists a well of fabulous depth, at the bottom of which are found
enchanted groves and gardens.]
[Footnote 85: A real is about two shillings--eight reals one tomaun.]
[Footnote 86: Peder sukhteh is the most common term of abuse in a
Persian's mouth. It implies "one whose father is burning in eternal
fires."
[Footnote 87: Quarantine, we presume, is meant here.]
[Footnote 88: The word rishweh, "bribery," is also used for "manure" in
agriculture.]
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