ABSTRACT

H Which dost thou most love of thY,-Shild"en?" " That Ot1,e," he replied, cc tvhose mother's conduct I most strictly watch." The father loves most that child of whose

mother's fidelity he does not entertain a doubt. It must be re<.'ollected that in consequence of a plurality of wives the children of' different beds are often found in one man's house. The Arabic scholar will easily perceive that the latter part of this proverb would not decently bear a literal transla,tion.