The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . NOTES TO CHAPTER FIRST. Note 1. The words in a garden are omitted in my original; but they arerequired by the sequel. I may here remark, that, in future, when I find triflinginsertions of this kind to be requisite in niv translation, I shall not deem it necessaryto mention them in a note. Note 2. An Eastern traveller often makes a long journey with no other encum-brance than a well-filled pair of saddle-hairs : in one bag he puts his provisions; and inthe other, such articles of clothing a
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . NOTES TO CHAPTER FIRST. Note 1. The words in a garden are omitted in my original; but they arerequired by the sequel. I may here remark, that, in future, when I find triflinginsertions of this kind to be requisite in niv translation, I shall not deem it necessaryto mention them in a note. Note 2. An Eastern traveller often makes a long journey with no other encum-brance than a well-filled pair of saddle-hairs : in one bag he puts his provisions; and inthe other, such articles of clothing as he may require in addition to those in whichhe sets out, including a spare shirt, and perhaps no other clean linen: for he is asindifferent with regard to this comfort as he is careful respecting his personalcleanliness. Note 3. Perhaps no reader of this work will require to be told that the date hasnot a shell. I only make this remark on account of an error in the old translation.—As?jlates are very nutritious, and are preserved by being merely dried in the sun, they arean excellent article of
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