Story of the Sultan of Al-yaman and His Three Sons

Appendix II.

I.—Notes on the Stories Contained in Volume XIV. By W. F. Kirby.

P. 9.—The hippopotamus has also been observed, at the Zoological Gardens, to scatter his dung in the manner described.

P. 13.—It is evident from the importance which the author attaches to good birth and heredity, that he would hardly approve of the Socialistic custom, so prevalent in the East, of raising men of low birth to important offices of State.