[Footnote 86: Peder sukhteh is the most common term of abuse in a Persian"s mouth. It implies "one whose father is burning in eternal fires."

[Footnote 87: Quarantine, we presume, is meant here.]

[Footnote 88: The word rishweh, "bribery," is also used for "manure" in agriculture.]

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