[193] The present Gombaroon, a town on the Persian side of the Gulf.
[194] A Moorish instrument of music.
[195] "At Gombaroon and other places in Persia, they have towers for the
purpose of catching the wind and cooling the houses.--_Le Bruyn_.
[196] "Iran is the true general name for the empire of Persia.--_Asiat.
Res. Disc. 5_.
[197] "On the blades of their scimitars some verse from the Koran is
usually inscribed.--_Russel_.
[198] There is a kind of Rhododendros about Trebizond, whose flowers the
bee feeds upon, and the honey thence drives people mad;"--_Tournefort_.
[199] Their kings wear plumes of black herons' feathers, upon the right
side, as a badge of sovereignty "--_Hanway_.
[200] "The Fountain of Youth, by a Mahometan tradition, is situated in
some dark region of the East."--_Richardson_.
[201] Arabia Felix.
[202] "In the midst of the garden is the chiosk, that is, a large room,
commonly beautified with a fine fountain in the midst of it. It is raised
nine or ten steps, and enclosed with gilded lattices, round which vines,
jessamines, and honeysuckles, make a sort of green wall; large trees are
planted round this place, which is the scene of their greatest
pleasures."--_Lady M. W. Montagu_.
[203] The women of the East are never without their looking-glasses.
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