on; vigilance._

ELEPHANT _Patient endurance; self-restraint._

EVERGREENS _Immortality._

FIR CONE _An existence terminated but united--the union of the tribes
against the dominion of Rome._

FLY _Destroying attribute._

HARE _Fertility._

HEART _Man morally._

HIPPOPOTAMUS _Destroying power._

HOG _Deep meditation._

JUG _Knowledge._

LILY _Purity._

OLIVE _Consecration to immortality._

OWL _Wisdom._

OX _Patience; gentleness._

PEACOCK _Resurrection (because of the annual renewing of its
plumage, and from a belief in the incorruptibility
of its flesh)._

PHOENIX _Good luck; herald of prosperity; birth of great men._

PIG _Universal kindness._

RAM _Spiritual leadership._

REED _Royalty._

RHINOCEROS _Religious recluse._

SCORPION _Invincible knowledge._

SERPENT _Life; immortality._

SPEAR _Destructive power._

SPIDER _Slave of passion._

SQUIRREL _Averter of evil._

STARS _Divinity._

SWASTIKA _Good fortune._

TURTLE _Constancy._

WHEEL _Universe._

WINGS _Spontaneous motion._

WOLF _Destroying power._

MEANINGS OF SOME OF THE PLACE-NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH RUGS

AKHISSAR _White Citadel._

BAGDAD _Abode of Peace._

BAKU _Place of Winds._

BELUCHISTAN _Land of the Beluchis._

BHAGULPORE _Tiger City._

BOKHARA _Treasury of Sciences; the Noble._

DECCAN _The South Land._

DERBENT _Fortified Gate._

FARS _Land of the Farsi or Persians._

FU-CHAU _Happy City._

GILAN _The Marshes._

GULISTAN _The Rose Garden._

HAIDERABAD _Gate of Salvation._

HERAT _The Pearl of Khorassan; the Gate of India._

ISLAMABAD _Abode of Islam._

ISPAHAN _Place of Horses._

JERUSALEM _Heir of Peace._

KANDAHAR _Key of India._

KARABAGH _Country of the Sun._

KARA DAGH _Black Mountains._

KELAT _Castle._

KHORASSAN _Land of the Sun._

KWATAH _Citadel._

MECCA _The Heart of Islam; the Holy City._

MESHED _Tomb of a Martyr._

MIRZAPORE _City of the Emir._

NING-PO _Peaceful Wave._

PESHAWAR