33/38 The Oriental historians take great delight in these embassies, which give them an opportunity of displaying their Asiatic eloquence--M.] [Footnote 20: Cadesia, says the Nubian geographer, (p. 121,) is in margine solitudinis, 61 leagues from Bagdad, and two stations from Cufa. 163) reckons 15 leagues, and observes, that the place is supplied with dates and water.] [Footnote 2011: The day of cormorants, or according to another reading the day of reinforcements. It was the night which was called the night of snarling. |