There it is the term in every-day use for any rough bedstead, such as the natives sleep on and call a khat.

The average Englishman cannot aspirate a K, and never pronounces the Indian A aright unless it is followed by an R, so khat becomes "cot" by a process of which there are many illustrations.

The chief forms of Horus given in the texts are: (1) HERU-UR (Aroueris), (2) HERU-MERTI, (3) HERU-NUB, (4) HERU-KHENT-KHAT, (5) HERU-KHENT-AN-MAA, (6) HERU-KHUTI, (7) HERU-SAM-TAUI, (8) HERU-HEKENNU, (9) HERU-BEHUTET.

The physical body of a man was called KHAT, a word which indicates something in which decay is inherent; it was this which was buried in the tomb after mummification, and its preservation from destruction of every kind was the object of all amulets, magical ceremonies, prayers, and formulae, from the earliest to the latest times.

On the tray stood also a small cup having no handle; a dish of dates; a few wafers made of the Arabian cereal called temmin; and a little bowl of khat leaves.

"M'almé, al khat aja" (the khat has come), said Rrisa.

"M'almé, al khat aja" (the khat has come), said Rrisa.

When the simple meal was ended, he plucked a little sprig of leaves from the khat plant in the bowl, and thrust them into his mouth.

This khat, gathered in the mountains back of Hodeida, on the Red Sea not far from Bab el Mandeb, had been preserved by a process known to only a few Coast Arabs.

The use of khat, his once-a-day joy and comfort, he had learned more than fifteen years before, on one of his exploring tours in Yemen.

Both language and the use of khat had come to him from contact with only the fringes of the country; and both had contributed to his vast, unsatisfied longing to know what lay beyond the forbidden zones that walled this land away from all the world.

Wherever he had gone, whatever perils, hardships, and adventures had been his in many years of wandering up and down the world, khat, the wondrous, had always gone with him.

Even a copper bowl of khat, the "flower of paradise," was awaiting him.

Idly he broke off a leaf of the khat, and nibbled at it.

The Master, likewise muffled, had refused all proffers of tobacco and had contented himself with a few khat leaves.

But you will perhaps pardon me if I nibble two or three of these khat leaves.

You yourself, from your experience in Oriental countries, know the value of khat.

As for the Master, from time to time he slipped a khat leaf into his mouth, and remained gravely pondering.

The Master, however, only chewed khat leaves; and as for "Captain Alden," she toiled with no stimulant.

THE ORDEAL OF RRISA Alone in his cabin with the waterspout of massive gold and with the sacred Black Stone, the Master sat down in front of the table where they had been laid, took a few leaves of khat, and with profound attention began to study the treasures his bold coup had so successfully delivered into his hands.

He now returned to his cabin, locked himself in andpondering over a few khat leavespassed the remainder of the afternoon sunk in deep abstraction.

The Master requested khat leaves, which were presently brought himdeliciously green and freshin a copper bowl.

Contemplatively the Master chewed a khat leaf, then smiled a very little, and asked: "Is it permitted to tell thee that this gold, of which thou hast carved thy citythis gold which to thee is as stones and earth to the people of Feringistanhath great value with us?"

The Master started, peered at Bara Miyan and forgot to chew his soothing khat leaves.