"--_Song of
Jayadera_.
[337] "The Nison or drops of spring rain, which they believe to produce
pearls if they fall into shells."--_Richardson_.
[338] For an account of the share which wine had in the fall of the
angels, see _Mariti_.
[339] The Angel of Music.
[340] The Hudhud, or Lapwing, is supposed to have the power of discovering
water under ground.
[341] "The Chinese had formerly the art of painting on the sides of
porcelain vessels fish and other animals, which were only perceptible when
the vessel was full of some liquor, They call this species Kia-tsin, that
is, _azure is put in press_, on account of the manner in which the azure
is laid on."--"They are every now and then trying to discover the art of
this magical painting, but to no purpose."--_Dunn_.
[342] An eminent carver of idols, said in the Koran to be father to
Abraham. "I have such a lovely idol as is not to be met with in the house
of Azor."--_Hafiz_.
[343] Kachmire be Nazeer.--_Forster_.
[344] Jehan-Guire mentions "a fountain in Cashmere called Tirnagh, which
signifies a snake; probably because some large snake had formerly been
seen there."--"During the lifetime of my father, I went twice to this
fountain, which is about twenty coss from the city of Cashmere. The
vestiges of places of worship and sanctity are to be traced without number
amongst the ruins and the caves which are interspersed in its
neighborhood.
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