CHAPTER X

The Orient--The Koran--Jochebed--Bead Necklaces--Mashallah--Hassan and Hussein--Hand of the Lady Fatima--Five Principal Commandments--Zufur Tukiah--Nasiree--Gadiri--Mohammed--Merzoum--The Diamond--Cube of Amber--Scorpion-charming--Early Christian and Mediæval Talismans--Clement of Alexandria--The Fish--Dag--Palm Branch--The Ship--Sacred Monogram--Shen--Constantine the Great--Thoth--The Cross--Household Cross--Yucatan--Hand and Cross--Wheel Cross 97-106