INDEX. 



Lupinus termes, the edible lupine, 41. 



Luxor, 26, 27, 83. 



Lycopersicon esculentum, see Tomato. 



Ljcium Europasum, 60. 



Lythrum hyssopifolium, 138. 



M. 



Macassar, 120. 



Maccabee coins, 67. 



Macer bark, 93. 



Madagascar-, 19. 



Madder, 68. 



Madeira, 117. 



Magellan, Straits of, 136. 



Magnetic needle, or mariners' compass, 121. 



Maize, 47, 135. 



Malay countries, 24, 62, 68, 74, 106, 120, 



124, 127, 148. 

 Mallow, cultivated in Egypt, 47. 

 Malva alcea, 90. 

 Malva rotundifolia, 46. 

 Malva sylvestris, 46. 

 Malva verticillata, 47. 

 Mangifera Indica, 139. 



Mango, 139. 



Manna, 42. 



Manufactures and Mechanic Arts, 17, 52. 



Maple, 63. 



Marking-nut, 97. 



Marrubium alyssum, 77. 



Massara, 21. 



Mastich tree, 62. 



Mathematical science, 7. 



Matricaria chamomilla, 91. 



Mauritania, or Barbary, 18. 



Mecca, 98, 108, 117. 



Media, 50. 



Medicago sativa, 28. 



Medicine, early work on, 5. 



Medinet Habu, a temple at Thebes, 22, 23 

 30, 31, 50, 67, 68, 85. 



Meleagris gallipavo, the turkey, 135. 



Melia azederach, 141. 



Melianthus major, 146. 



Melilotus coerulea, 138. 



Melilotus Cretica, 60. 



Melilotus Messanensis, 60. 



Melilotus officinalis, 60. 



Melissa officinalis, 77. 



Melons, 14, 15, 48. 



Memluks, 125 to 152. 



Memphis, 21, 53. 



Menispermum cocculus, 99. 



Mentha glabrata, 55. 



Mentha pulegium, 51. 



Mentha rotundifolia, 134. 



Mentha sativa, 55. 



Mentha sylvestris, 58. 



Mercurialis, 66. 



Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, 148. 



Messenian War, 50. 



Meroe, 15. 



Mexico, 136 to 152. 



Military campaigns, 5, 7, 11, 13, 16, 17, 



22, 25 to 30, 53, 74, 82. 

 Military posts, 20. 



Millet, 22, 33, 60. 



Mimosa habbas, 75. 



Mimosa pudica, 139. 



Mimosa tortilis, 116. 



Mimusops elengi, 107. 



Mines of copper, 6. 



Mint, 51, 55, 58. 



Mirabilis jalapa, 144. 



Mocha, 9, 35, 38, 122. 



Mode of carrying burdens, 11. 



Mogorium sambac, 116. 



Mollugo verticillata, 149. 



Molucca Islands, 94, 107. 



Momordica balsamina, 18. 



Momordica elaterium, 58. 



Momordica pedata, 150. 



Monasteries of Egypt, 101, 105. 



Money, 56, 58, 67, 89, 100, 110, 123. 



Monkey, 10, 117. 



Months, Egyptian, 6, 159 to 165 ; Hebrew, 

 165; Muslim, 165. 



Monumental history of Egypt, 4, 6; of 

 Nineveh, 31 ; of Greece, 31 j of Italy, 31. 



Moringa oleifera, 75. 



Morning-glory, 140. 



Morocco-leather. 38. 



