Note 441 — KING MOHAMMED BIN SABAIK AND THE MERCHANT HASAN. (continued 2)

Arab. “Laban” as opposed to “Halíb”: in Night dcclxxiv (infra p. 365) the former is used for sweet milk, and other passages could be cited. I have noted that all galaktophagi, or milk-drinking races, prefer the artificially soured to the sweet, choosing the fermentation to take place outside rather than inside their stomachs. Amongst the Somal I never saw man, woman or child drink a drop of fresh milk; and they offered considerable opposition to our heating it for coffee.