INDEX. 



Asp, or cobra, 4. 



Asparagus, 59. 



Aspen, 41. 



Assafoetida, 73. 



Assuan, 15, 96. 



Assyrian, or cuneiform writing, 54. 



Assyrians, 20, 23. 



Aster Chinensis, 150. 



Astragalus aristatus, 77. 



Astronomy, 11, 17, 74, 112, 154 to 168. 



Athamantha Cretensis, 78. 



Athens, 49. 



Atriplex coriacea, 51. 



Atriplex hortensis, 79. 



Atropa inandragora, 66. 



Attar of rose, 40. 



Aubergine, see Egg-plant. 



Aucklandia costus, 75. 



Avena fatua, 124. 



Avena sativa, 71. 



Avena sterilis, 124. 



Azores, 106. 



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Bab-el-Meluk, 27 to 81, 35, 36. 



Babylon, 13, 17, 33, 50, 111. 



Bachur ointment, 55, 124. 



Bactria, 31, 75, 82. 



Bactrian camel, 47. 



Bagdad, 111, 126. 



Balance-beam for carrying burdens, 11. 



Balanites, 143. 



Balm-tree, 38. 



Balsam-apple, 18. 



Balsamita vulgaris, 102. 



Baltic Sea, 46. 



Bamboo, 61. 



Batnbos arundinacea, 61. 



Bamia, see Hibiscus esculentus. 



Banana, 106. 



Barbary, 18, 46. 



Barberry, 79. 



Barges, 6, 18. 



Barkal, 28, 50. 



Barley, 13. 



Bathenians, or Hassassins, 122, 126. 



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Bdellium, 31. 



Bean, see Vicia and Phaseolus. 



Bear, 24. 



Beaver, 61. 



Bedouins, 17. 



Bee, 36. 



Beech, 80. 



Beer, or booza, 19. 



Beet, 23. 



Bengal, 55. 



Benihassan, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 20. 



Benzoin, 124. 



Berberis Cretica, 88. 



Berberis lycium, 93. 



Berberis vulgaris, 79. 



Beta vulgaris, 23. 



Betel, 109. 



Betonica alopecurus, 87. 



Betula alba, 80. 



Bezoars, 117. 



Bigeh, 25. 



Bignonia catalpa, 150. 



Bignonia radicans, 146. 



Birch, 80. 



Birdlime, 25. 



Birds, as hieroglyphic characters, 4. 



Biscutella apula, 85. 



Biscutella depressa, 85. 



Bistort, see Polygonum bistorta. 



Bitumen, 28. 



Bixa Orellana, 137. 



Blue earth, 25. 



Books, 4, 5, 7, 10, 19. 



Booza, 19. 



Borage, 92. 



Borago Africana, 92. 



Borago officinalis, 92. 



Borax, 114. 



Borysthenes, 33. 



Bos bubalus, 102. 



Boswellia thurifera, 23. 



Botanic garden, established in Egypt, 153. 



Bows, metallic, 29. 



Box-wood, 44. 



Brassica eruca, 76. 



Brassica napus, 59. 



Brassica oleracea, 55. 



