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165. 6. Le sel rend l'appétit. Cafoui thinks hère of the custom prevailing in the Orient that whoever eats sait in a house (and sait is the symbol of food prepared for the stranger who honors the

■.vit h his présence) cannot harm his host. Thus, in putting some sait by force into thc mouth of the stranger who on purpose

aol eal because he is well aware of thc Oriental belief, Cafour bopes to place him morally in such a position that it will be impossible for him to harm Abdallah — at lcast for twenty-four hours as t lu custom is understood hère.

15. tes chiens ont vu Asraël. Most peoplc in Arabia believe that when a dog howls near a house it forebodes death, for, it i- said, a dog can distinguish the awful form of Asrael, the Angel of Death.

166. 12. jeta un peu d'eau sur la croupe et sur les pieds du chameau. Evidently a symbolic act, to whii h, bowever, thc author of thèse notes lias not been able to iind any allusion.