Note 59 — THE SAY OF HAYKAR THE SAGE.[6]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
The older version reads “Roc” and informs us that “it is a prodigious bird, found in the deserts of Africa: it will bear two hundred pounds weight; and many are of opinion that the idea of this bird is visionary.” In Weber ii. 63, this is the device of “Zafagnie,” who accompanies her husband to Egypt.