Note 299 — JUDAR[257] AND HIS BRETHREN.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
A pun upon “Khalíyah” (bee-hive) and “Khaliyah” (empty). Khalíyah is properly a hive of bees with a honey-comb in the hollow of a tree-trunk, opposed to Kawwárah, hive made of clay or earth (Al-Hariri; Ass. of Tiflis). There are many other terms, for Arabs are curious about honey. Pilgrimage iii. 110.