Note 776 — EXCURSUS
R. (Russell) Martineau translation
Ibn al-Sikkît, p. 19, al-Jauharî, s. v. fṭḥl. On the proverbial longevity of the lizard see Kâmil, ed. W. Wright, p. 197. 18; al-Damîrî, II. 34; al-Jauharî, s. v. ḥsl; Burckhardt’s Reisen in Syrien, note by Gesenius in the German translation, p. 1077.