OloM  is  a  betrayer. — At  the  proverb  "More  divulging  than
glass,"  Arab.  Prov.  II.  780,  is  a  composition  which  Hariri
may  have  had  in  mind.  It  is  an  address  by  a  poet,  Sahl  ibn
HftrAn,  in  praise  of  glass,  in  opposition  to  another  poet  who  had
indited  one  in  praise  of  gold.
TAe  witchcraft  of  Babylon. — Compare  Koran  iL  96*  For
Hkcti  and  M&riit,  and  their  seduction  by  Zoharah,  see  Bayd&wi
on  the  passage.
