The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 · Richard Francis Burton translation

Note 582
Tale of the Jewish Doctor.

Arab. "Sáhil Masr" (Misr): hence I suppose Galland's villes maritimes.

ITS PLACE IN THE BOOK

…The Garden at eventide, with the cool shades sloping far and wide, a marvel thou wouldst see and wouldst incline to Egypt in ecstasy. And wert thou by Cairo's river side,[FN#582] when the sun is sinking and the stream dons mail coat and habergeon[FN#583] over its other vestments, thou wouldst be quickened to new life by its gentle zephyrs and by its all sufficient shade." So spake he and the rest fell to describing Egypt and h…

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