hast thou not been absent at all? with the shayy (a thing)
subjoined to the verb in this and similar other phrases; Baksish
for Bakhshish (iv. 356); Al-Jawaz (for al-ziwaj) = marriage (i.
14); Faki or Faki (for fakih) = a divine (vi. 207 and passim);
Finjal (for finjan) = a coffee-cup (v. 424, also a Najdi or
Central Arabian corruption); Kuwayyis = nice, pretty (iv. 179);
Layali (for lialla) = lest that (v. 285); Luhumat (for lukum) =
meats, a mere barbarism (v. 247); Matah (for Mata) =when? (v.
464); Ma'ayah (for ma'i) =with me (vi. 13 et passim); Shuwayy (or
shuwayyah) Mayah, a double diminutive (for Muwayy or Muwayh) = a
small little water, intensely Nilotic (iv. 44); Mbarih or Embarah
(for Al-barihah) = yesterday (v. 449); Takkat (for Dakkat) = she
rapped (iv. 190); ézbasha and Uzbasha (for Yuzbashi) = a
centurion, a captain (v.430 et passim); Zaidjah for Zaijah (vi.
329); Zaraghit (for Zagharit) = lullilooing (iv. 12); Zinah (for
Zina) = adultery, and lastly Zuda (for Zada) = increased (iv.
87). Here the reader will cry jam satis; while the student will
compare the list with that given in my Terminal Essay (vol. x.
149).

The two Appendices require no explanation. No. I. is a Catalogue
of the Tales in the Wortley Montague MS., and No. II. contains
Notes upon the Storiology of the Supplemental Volumes IV. and V.
by the practiced pen of Mr. W. P. Kirby. The sheets during my
absence from England have been passed through the press and
sundry additions and corrections have been made by Dr. Steingass.

In conclusion I would state that my hope was to see this Volume
(No. xv.) terminate my long task; but circumstance is stronger
than my will and I must ask leave to bring out one more--The New