Note 178 — THE PORTER AND THE THREE LADIES OF BAGHDAD.

Arab. "Al-Na'im;" in full "Jannat al-Na'im"=the Garden of Delights, i.e. the fifth Heaven made of white silver. The generic name of Heaven (the place of reward) is "Jannat," lit. a garden; "Firdaus" being evidently derived from the Persian through the Greek παράδεισος, and meaning a chase, a hunting-park. Writers on this subject should bear in mind Mandeville's modesty, "Of Paradise I cannot speak properly, for I was not there."