Note 65
THE FISHERMAN AND THE JINNI.
Arab. Nahás asfar = brass, opposed to "Nahás" and "Nahás ahmar," = copper.
… he stripped and, diving down to the net, busied himself with it till it came to land. Then he opened the meshes and found therein a cucumber shaped jar of yellow copper,[FN#65] evidently full of something, whose mouth was made fast with a leaden cap, stamped with the seal ring of our Lord Sulayman son of David (Allah accept the twain!). Seeing this the Fisherman rejoiced and said, "If I sell it in the brass bazar 'tis worth t…
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