découpées à jour, golden cups in open work

35. 2S. Wahabite, a sect of Mussulman revivalists founded by Mohammed, son of Abdu'l Wahab; but as their opponents could not call them Mohammedans, this title being reserved for the followers of Mohammed, son of Abdallah, thcy hâve distinguished them by the name of the father of the founder of their sect. They are often called by Christian scholars " the Protestants of Mohammedanism." ■

36. 11. le douro, or duro, the Spanish silver dollar; the "peso duro " = eight reals, the real = 10 to 125 cents.

16. il n'y a que la poussière du tombeau qui leur emplisse le ventre, i.e., they are insatiable until death overcomes them.