334 TRAVELS IN AFRICA, 
The paflage of the bile into the inteftines being intercepted, 
having pafled from the gall bladder to the liver, it at length re- 
turns to the blood, which occafions the jaundice^ another difeafe 
not uncommon among the Furians, termed by Saff'afir^ and, 
among the blacks, firft vifible in the eyes. 
To alleviate the eftefts of any unufual increafe of the cyftic 
bile, the natron of the country is very efficacious, 
'Tenia. 
From the nature of their diet, w^hich confifts in a great de- 
gree of vegetables and fruits, w^ith a large portion of fugar, 
honey, &c. the inhabitants of Egypt, of all denominations, are 
particularly fubjedt to the Tenia or tape-worm [Dud Ar.) I have 
feen pieces of vaft length preferved by the European phyficians, 
who yet appear to have found no fpecific for it. The natives 
miftake the fymptoms of this difeafe, afcarides, &c. for diftindt 
maladies, and treat them accordingly. The commonalty, Jews, 
and devout Chriftians, who unremittingly ufe infalubrious food 
during their fqfls^ are moft afFeded with it, though none are 
exempt. In thofe who are thus incommoded, a tumor com- 
monly appears about the navel, and difcoloration of the fkin 
next the eyes. 
Bruce feems to be of opinion, that the great prevalence of 
worms, with which the Abyflins are much afflicted, proceeds 
from 
