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dria; among which were copies of fuch papers as 
he thought leafl; unfit for the ufe of a third perfon. 
In the number he regrets a regifter of the caravans 
which had arrived in Kahira from Fur fince the 
year of Hejira 1150, containing an account of 
their numbers, and many other curious particulars; 
copied from a book belonging to the fhech of the 
Have-market in Kahira. 
A kind of general itinerary, in the hand-writing 
of a Jelab of his acquaintance, containing the roads 
of Eaftern Africa. 
A vocabulary of the Furian language, compiled 
by himfelf. 
Some remarks on natural hiftory. 
Lift of names of places both in Egypt and Fur, 
written by an Arab. 
The detail of particulars relating to the time and 
manner of his obfervations in Aftronomy, with other 
remarks tending to illuftrate the geography of his 
route. J ; : - 
To return to a few confiderations on the prefent 
intercourfe between Egypt and Abyflinia. 
Towards 
