The Scented Garden

External Religion betrayeth man to Fate. 49 gentleman’s pin is long and thin ” ; yet he appears to share the prejudice, probably from personal rea- sons. 4. Hatim Tai. The Hercules of Persia, though his feasts are more famous than his feats or his sta- ture. But here the bulk is clearly the important thing. 5. Hunchback — not merely an unfortunate, but a bad man. Witness “ Expect 42 ills from the cripple, and 80 from the one-eyed man ; but when the hunchback arrives, say Allah help us ! ” 6. Bukhti is the two-humped camel of Bac- tria. Ali is therefore the fellow’s name ; Bukhti his laqab or nickname — which none escape.