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Scorpions, prevalence of, at Morzouk, 183, 184. Notice of a species of, called the scorpion of the wind, 184. Sebha, (town), notice of, 85. Description of a wedding there, 299. Sereer, a species of desert, notice of, 345. Shahm, a preparation of sheep’s fat, notice of, 46. Shiati, (region of), account of, 299, 300. Shiblia, or camel litters, described, 59. Shirgi, or the east wind, effects of, 94. Shrdb, or false water of the desert, 307. Sidi Beslieer, (tomb of), notice of, 204. Sidrea, an article of Tripoline dress, described, 6. Slaves and slave trade, of the interior of Africa, account of, 120—122. Amiable character of the females, 140. Account of an expedition of slave-hunters, 250. Their manner of making captives, 255; and of dividing them among the captors, 262. Noticé of the slave markets, 263. Condition of slaves in Fezzan,, 287. Especially at Morzouk, 288. Regulations concerning the offspring of slaves, 289* Sufferings of some negro captives in their journey across the deserts to Tripoli, for sale, 296, 323,325,329, 332, 343. Their allowance of food, 297. Cheerfulness under all their sufferings, 341, 342. Account of the slave market at Morzouk, 267,268. Smeera/n (mountain), 22. Sockna, a town of Fezzan* entry of the Sultan into, described, 70—72. Account of it, 72, 73i Its former state, 74. Ceremonies paid to the Sultan, on his departure thence, 80. The Author’s return thither* 309« Is beset with sturdy beggars, 310, 318, 319. Vocabulary of the language there spoken, 314—316. Festival of the return of. spring, 317. State of the gardens, ibid. Mode of preserving dates there* 320. Songs of the Arabs, account of, 173, 174. Of some captive negroes, 336, 337. Soudan, A/ho, or Haousa, rivers of, 133. Vocabulary of the language of, 135— 188. Notice of the chief provinces and places in, 131, 132, 134. Manufactures of, 139. Ignorance almost universal among the natives, 139. Religion, ibid. Itinerary from Kashna, to various places in, 140—142. Exports to, from Fezzan, 152—154. Imports from, to Fezzan, 154—157. Description of. the women of Soudan, 161. South Wind, effects of, 94. Spring, return of, celebrated as a festival, 317. Studies, course of, in Fezzan, 186, 187. Suarit (Mountain), 64. Subterraneous habitations, in the Gharian Mountains, described, 25, 29, 30. Sun, extraordinary effect of, 209- Superstitions of the Tuarick,an African tribe, 111. Taleb, village of, 209. Tar, how made by the Tibboo tribe, 235,236. Tarr, Wadey of, 324. Tegerrvna, village of, 32. Tegerry, the Southern limit of Fezzan, narrative of the Author’s journey to, 202— 237. Arrival there, 288. Description of its castle, 239. Price of provisions there, 240. Its productions, 241. Superstitions of its inhabitants, 242, 243. Itinerary thence to Bilma, 244. The Author’s return there, 245. Itinerary thence to Bilma,. 265. Telemsen, desert of, 148. Tembuctoo, account of, 145. Its reputed immense population accounted for, ibid. Notice of its port, Kabra, ibid. Manufactures and dress of the people, 146. Government, 147. Temedd, brackish well at, 324. Temenhiut, or Temenhint (village), notice of 85. Singular mode of barter practised there, 302. Temesheen, Wadey of, 308. Tents, Arab, described, 41. Terboo (village), notice of, 220. Wretched condition of its inhabitants, ibid. Terfaas, a species of root, notice of, 37. Terhoona, Arabs of, 37. Tessouwa (town), notice of, 189. Teweewa* desert of, 2 1 1 . Tghrasai, Bazaar of, 32. Theft, how punished at Tripoli, 17, 64. Tibboo, or Slave Traders in the interior of Africa, account of, 120, 121. Articles of commerce between them and Bomou, 159. Dress and character of the Tibboo women, 225—227, 232; and of the men, 227, 228. Notice of the animals produced in their country, 231. Distance thence to Waday, 230, 231. Vocabulary of the Tibboo language, 233. Tibboo forms of courtesy, 232. Music of this people, 234. Their mode of preparing tar, 235, 236. Tibboos of Borgoo, account of, 251, 252, 254. Arab mode of making them captives, 255. Anecdotes of a Tibboo boy, 308, 309. Tibesty (region), notice of, 230. Touela (village), notice of, 209. Trade o f the Tuarick, 114. Of the Tibboo, 120— 122. Between Fezzan, Soudan, Bomou* and Waday, § 152—157. Between Fezzan and Eg y p t,. 157 159. Between Bornou and the Tibboo country, 159. Between Tua t and the Tuarick, ibid. 160. Traghan, date groves of, 205. Modesty of a Maraboot there, 206. Account o f the castle and town, 207, 208. Travelling, mode of, across the deserts, 91__ 93. On camels, extraordinary mode of ■ iK M Tribute, how collected in Fezzan, 74. Tripoli, markets- of, 12. Bazaars, ibid. Schools, ibid. Prevalence of drunkenness there, 18. IFilthy practice of' eructation, in all classes, 14. All offices held by Mamlukes, ibid. Description-of the public baths, 14, 15. The Bashaw’s guards, 16. The punishment of hanging, how performed, ibid. Torture in use-there, ibid. Bastinado, how performed, 17. Marriages and burials ofr 18, 19. Adventures of a Tripoline woman, 321. The Author’s interview with the Bashaw of, on his return from his-mission to the interior, ■149. 11 eo- logical- observations on the mountains and rocks of, 361 369. TripoHnes,. dress of, described, 6, 7, 17, 18. - Tsad, a river of Bornou, account of; 124, 125. Extraordinary mode of crossing it; 124. Notice of the inhabittots~in its vicinity, 125. Tuarick (an- African tribe), costume of,-109, 110. Arms, 110. Superstitions, 111 Language, ibid'. Their extraordinary aversion to washing, ibid. Religion; 112. Notice of their chief towns, 113. Their


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