[378]Arab.'Allaho Akbar，'the Moslem slogan or war-cry.See vol.ii.89.
[379]The gate-keeper of Paradise.See vol.iii.15，20.
[380]Negroes.Vol.iii.75.
[381]Arab.'Nakat，'with the double meaning of to spot and to handsel especially dancing and singing women；and，as Mr.
Payne notes in this acceptation it is practically equivalent to the English phrase'to mark （or cross） the palm with silver.'I
have translated'Anwa'by Pleiads；but it means the setting of one star and simultaneous rising of another foreshowing rain.
There are seven Anwa （plur.of nawa） in the Solar year viz.
Al-Badri （Sept.-Oct.）；Al-Wasmiyy （late autumn and December）；
Al-Waliyy （to April）；Al-Ghamir （June）；Al-Busriyy （July）；Barih al-Kayz （August） and Ahrak al-Hawa extending to September 8.
These are tokens of approaching rain，metaphorically used by the poets to express'bounty'.See Preston's Hariri （p.43） and Chenery upon the Ass.of the Banu Haram.
[382]i.e.They trip and stumble in their hurry to get there.