[50] i.e. which fit into sockets in the threshold and lintel and act as hinges. These hinges have caused many disputes about how they were fixed，for instance in caverns without moveable lintel or threshold. But one may observe that the upper projections are longer than the lower and that the door never fits close above，so by lifting it up the inferior pins are taken out of the holes. It is the oldest form and the only form known to the Ancients. In Egyptian the hinge is called Akab=the heel，hence the proverb Wakaf' albab ala'akabin；the door standeth on its heel；i.e. every thing in proper place.
[51] Hence the addresses to the Deity： Ya Satir and Ya Sattar
Thou who veilest the sins of Thy Servants！ said e.g.，when a woman is falling from her donkey，etc.
[52] A necessary precaution，for the headsman who would certainly lose his own head by overhaste.
[53] The passage has also been rendered，'and rejoiced him by what he said'（Lane i，600）.
[54] Arab.'Hurr'=noble，independent （opp. to'Abd=a servile）
often used to express animae _disibledevent= cautery is the end of medicine
cure；and'Fire and sickness cannot cohabit.'Most of the Badawi bear upon their bodies grisly marks Of this heroic treatment，whose abuse not unfrequently brings on gangrene. The Hadis （Burckhardt，Proverbs，No. 30） also means'if nothing else avail，take violent measures.
[71] The Spaniards have the same expression：'Man is fire and woman is tinder.'
[72] Arab.'Bashik'from Persian'Bashah'（accipiter Nisus） a fierce little species of sparrowhawk which I have described in'Falconry in the Valley of the Indus'（p. 14，etc.）.