Note 366 — KING MOHAMMED BIN SABAIK AND THE MERCHANT HASAN.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Su’ubán” (Thu’ubán) popularly translated “basilisk.” The Egyptians suppose that when this serpent forms ring round the Ibn ’Irs (weasel or ichneumon) the latter emits a peculiar air which causes the reptile to burst.