Hence Koran，chaps. xcv. 1. The 'Miswak'is held with the unused end between the ringfinger and minimus，the two others grasp the middle and the thumb is pressed against the back close to the lips. These articles have long been sold at the Medical Hall near the 'Egyptian Hall，'Piccadilly. They are better than our unclean toothbrushes because each tooth gets its own especial rubbing'not a general sweep；at the same time the operation is longer and more troublesome. In parts of Africa as well as Asia many men walk about with the toothstick hanging by a string from the neck.
[306] The 'Mehari，'of which the AlgerineFrench speak，are the dromedaries bred by the Mahrah tribe of AlYaman，the descendants of Mahrat ibn Haydan. They are covered by small wild camels （？） called AlHush，found between Oman and AlShihr：
others explain the word to mean 'stallions of the Jinns 'and term those savage and supernatural animals，'Najaib alMahriyah'nobles of the Mahrah.
[307] Arab. 'Khaznah'=a thousand purses；now about ？000. It denotes a large sum of money，like the 'Badrah，'a purse containing 10，000 dirhams of silver （AlHariri），or 80，000（Burckhardt Prov. 380）；whereas the 'Nisab'is a moderate sum of money，gen. 20 gold dinars=200 silver dirhams.