Dress and manners of the inhabitants, 127, 128. Vast quantities of petrified bones found there, 128. Bair am, feast of, how observed, 108,109. Barracan, an article of African dress, described, 17,39. * Barter, singular mode of, 302. Bashaw of Tripoli, public progresses of, described, 15, 16. Funeral of his granddaughter, described, 19, 20. Interview of the author with, on his return from the interior, 349- Bastinado, punishment of, how inflicted, 17. Baths of Tripoli, described, 16,17. Batus or Battus, (Mountain), 22. Account of the Sheikh of, 27, 28. And of the Jews who are resident there, 28. Bazeen, an Arabian dish, how prepared, 49,50. Bedouins, or wandering Arabs of. Northern Africa, account of, 41—54. Belfcrrd (John) accompanies the mission to Africa, 2. His Arabic appellation, 7. In imminent danger of being stung by a venomous snake, 82. Is employed to construct a carriage for the Sultan of Morzouk, 179. Success of his work, 180, 181. Account of his illness, 194, 195, 241, 247, 350. Returns to England, 351. The author’s honourable testimony to his character, ibid. Bello, a Fellata chief, account of, 138. Ben Arief,' mountain and pas6 of, 301. Beneish, an article of Tripoline dress, described, 6. Benewaleed, ?^own cf d e s c r i b e d , 161—163. Benewazeed, y Benghazi, (town) itinerary to, 243. And from thence to Derna, ibid, 244. Beni abbas, a village in the Gharian mountains, arrival at, 25. Description of its subterraneous habitations, ibid, 26. Hospitable reception of the author and his party, by the Sheikh of, 26, 27. Benioleed, village of, 34. Wretched condition of its inhabitants, ibid, 35, 36. Their number, 36. Bergoo, or Borgoo country, productions of, 251, 255. Character and manners of the inhabitants, 251,252,254. Arab mode of making them captives,255. Itinerary from Tegerry to, 264. And from Borgoo to Waday, 267. Bidriah, an article of Tripoline dress, described, 6. Bilma, itinerary to, from Tegerry, 265. B ir el Wishhi, well of, 298. Bimie, a town in the Bomou country, account of, 123. Bearings of various places there, 126, 127. Bones, (petrified), discovered in the interior of Africa, 128. Bonjem, (well of), 65. Account of Roman antiquities in its vicinity, ibid, 66. Revisited by the author,' on his return to Tripoli, 327. Borgoo. See Bergoo. Bomou (country), boundaries of, 123. Vocabulary of its language, 122. Chief towns, 123. . Rivers and lakes, 124,125. Dependent provinces of, 126—128. Bearings of different places in, 126, 127. Government, 128, 129. Dress and. customs of the people of Bornou, 130. Itinerary from Kashna to, 141. Exports to, from Fezzan, 152—154. Imports thence, 154 —157. Articles o f commerce between Bornou and the Tibboo,' 159. Description of the women of Bornou, 161. Bornouse, . or African and Arab cloak, described, 6. Bouzatter, a kind of.footing analogous to that of crossing the line, , notice of, . 81. Bread, Arab mode of baking, 51. Buckland, (Professor), observations of, on the rocks and minerals of Tripoli and Fezzan, 361. Basaltic rocks, ibid, 362. Tertiary formations, 361,363. New red sandstone, 361, 364—366. Magnesian limestone, 366—369. Buffaloes of North Africa, notice of, 76; Bugs of Fezzan, 186. Burials, African mode of, 19, 20. Account of the burial-places at Morzouk, 99. Camels, extraordinary mode of travelling on, 114, 115. Arab mode of firing, when lame, 301. Water, how obtained from the stomach of, to satisfy the thirst of almost perishing travellers, 305. Cannibalism practised at Yemyem, 142,143. Castle of Morzouk, description of, 98, 99. Cattle of the Arabs, accustomed to subsist without water, 44.. High prices of, at Morzouk, 177. Charms, prevalence of, among the Arabs, 31, 52. Coffee, a preventive of thirst in hot climates, 93. Commerce, articles of, between Fezzan, Soudan, Bomou, and Waday, 152—157. Between Fezzan and Egypt, 157—159. Between Bomou and the Tibboo, ibid. Between Tuatand the Tuarick, ibid, 160. Corn, African mode o f grinding and preparing, 178. Coma, a species of fruit, notice of,' 274. Cookery of the Arabs, described, 49—51. Costume of the Tripqline men, described, 6, 7. Of the women, 17,18. Of the Arabs, 39, 40. Of the people of Sockna, 73. Of the Tuarick, an African tribe, 109, 110. Of Bomou, 130. Of the women of Bornou and Soudan, 161. Of the inhabitants of Morzouk, 168—172. Particularly of the children and court of the Sultan, 176, 177. Of the Tibboo women, 225, 226. And of the Tibboo men, 228. Cowrtsey, forms of, among the Arabs, 53. And among the Tibboos, 232. Cuscussou, an Arabian dish, how prepared, 48,49- Dahr t’Moumen, plain of, 81. Dances, indelicate, of the Northern Africans, 63. Account of the dances at Morzouk, 172—175. And of a Tibboo dance, 226,227,233. Date-trees, at Sockna, notice of, 72. Notice of the date harvests, 163. And of the dome-date, 242, 245. Mode of preserving dates at Sockna, 320. Deesa, a species of rusk, used as fodder for horses, 236. , (village), hospitable reception of the author at, 257,-268. Derna, (town), itinerary to, 243, 244. Desert, near Tripoli, described, 21. Of Sbir ben Afeen," 83. Perilous travelling through, 84. O f five days’ journey through, 305—312. Description of the Great Desert, 344. Various appellations given to parts of it, ibid, 345,346. Awful stillness of,-347. Phenomenon of the Ser6b, 347. Wells, occasionally found there, 848. Extreme heat of the desert, 83. Dgleim, village of, 87. Diseases, prevalent at Morzouk, and their treatment, 106, 107. Doodroo river, course of, 133. Door, a species of worm, notice of, 300. Prepared as an article of food, 301. Drawing, not prohibited by the Arabs, 291. Dress of the Tripoline men, 6, 7. Of the
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