INDEX. 
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Buckland, (Professor), observations of, on the 
rocks and minerals of Tripoli and Fezzan, 
361. Basaltic rocks, ibid, 362. Tertiary 
formations, 36 1 , 363. New red sandstone, 
361, 364 — 366. Magnesian limestone, 
366—369. 
Buffaloes of North Africa, notice of, 76. 
Bugs of Fezzan, 186. 
Burials, African mode of, 19, 20. Account of 
the burial-places at Morzouk, 99. 
Cameli, extraordinary mode of travelling on, 
114, 115. Arab mode of firing, when 
lame, 301. Water, how obtained from 
the stomach of, to satisfy the thirst of 
almost perishing travellers, 305. 
Cannibalism practised at Yemyem, 142, 143. 
Castle of Morzouk, description of, 98, 99- 
Cattle of the Arabs, accustomed to subsist 
without water, 44. High prices of, at 
Morzouk, 177. 
Charms, prevalence of, among the Arabs, 31, 
Coffee, a preventive of thirst in hot climates, 
93. 
Commerce, articles of, between Fezzan, Sou- 
dan, Bornou, and Waday, 152 — 157. 
Between Fezzan and Egypt, 157 — 159. 
Between Bornou and the Tibboo, ibid. 
Between Tuat and the Tuarick, ibid, 160. 
Corn, African mode of grinding and prepar- 
ing, 178. 
Corna, a species of fruit, notice of, 274. 
Cookery of the Arabs, described, 49 — 51. 
Costume of the Tripoline men, described, 6, 
7. Of the women, 17, 18. Of the Arabs, 
39, 40. Of the people of Sockna, 73. 
Of the Tuarick, an African tribe, 109, 
110. Of Bornou, 130. Of the women 
of Bornou and Soudan, 161. Of the in- 
habitants of Morzouk, 168 — 172. Par- 
ticularly of the children and court of the 
Sultan, 176, 177. Of the Tibboo wo- 
men, 225, 226. And of the Tibboo 
men, 228. 
Courtsey, forms of, among the Arabs, 53. And 
among the Tibboos, 232. 
Cuscussou, an Arabian dish, how prepared, 
48, 49- 
Dahr fMoumen, plain of, 81. 
Dances, indelicate, of the Northern Africans, 
63. Account of the dances at Morzouk, 
172—175. And of a Tibboo dance, 
226, 227, 233. 
Date-trees, at Sockna, notice of, 72. Notice 
of the date harvests, 163. And of the 
dome-date, 242, 245. Mode of preserv- 
ing dates at Sockna, 320. 
Deesa, a species of rusk, used as fodder lor 
horses, 236. 
, (village), hospitable reception of the 
author at, 257, 258. 
Derna, (town), itinerary to, 243, 244. 
Desert, near Tripoli, described, 21. Of Sbir 
ben Afeen, 83. Perilous travelling- 
through, 84. Of five days' journey 
through, 305 — 312. Description of the 
Great Desert, 344. Various appellations 
given to parts of it, ibid, 345, 346. Aw- 
ful stillness of, 347. Phenomenon of the 
Seriib, 347. Wells, occasionally found 
there, 348. Extreme heat of the desert, 
83. 
Dgleim, village of, 87. 
Diseases, prevalent at Morzouk, and their 
treatment, 106, 107. 
Doodroo river, course of, 133. 
Door, a species of worm, notice of, 300. Pre- 
pared as an article of food, 301. 
Drawing, not prohibited by the Arabs, 291. 
Dress of the Tripoline men, 6, 7. Of the 
