INDEX. 
379 
of food to them, 297. Their cheerfulness, 
under all their sufferings, 341, 342. 
Neslioua, (well of), 297. 
New Year's Day, Mohammedan rejoicings 
on, 185. 
Nil, or Niger, a river of Bornou, notice of!, 
127. Its course, 145, 148. 
Ntifdai, (mountain), 81, 30U. 
Orneladam Tasfert, well of, 2^1. 
Omesogueer, (village), notice of, 22 L Fabu- 
lous account of a Maraboot there, i'lid. 
Ongornoo, a town in the interior of Africa, 
notice of, 127. 
OrfiUy, tribe of Arabs, wretched condition of, 
34—30. Their character, 314. Anec- 
dote of one, ibid. 
Ostriches, observations on the natural history 
of, 77. 
Ovens of the Aral)?, form of, 51. 
Parental autliority, absolute, at Fezzan, .387. 
Parlv, (Mr.), observations on the fate of, 146. 
Population of TembuctoOj accounted for, 145. 
Prostitutes, regulations concerning, at Tripoli, 
13. 
Pjinishments, (J>Ioorisli), 16, 17. Of Fezzan, 
282. 
Rats of Fezzan, notice of, 317, 318, 320. 
Religion of the Arabs, 42. Of Soudan, 139- 
Of the Tuarick, 112. 
Reptiles of Morzouk and its vicinity, 184, 
185. 
Revenues of the Sultan of Fezzan, 188, 189. 
Rhamadan, fast of, strictly observed, 102. 
Extravagant rejoicings on its termination, 
107. 
Ritchie, (I.Ir.) accepts the author's offer to 
accompany him to Africa, 2. Arrives at 
Tripoli, where he is joined by ]\Ir. Lyon, 
ibid. Makes an excursion to the Gharian 
Mountains and Benioleed, 21 — 38. Pre- 
parations for a journey into the interior, 
56, 57. Journey from Tripoli to Mor- 
zouk, 58—87. Arrival at Morzouk, 88. 
His first appearance in a m.osque, 95. 
Description of his residence in Morzouk, 
96. His distressing illness. It '0, 103 
llecovers, 117. And prescribes for the 
Africans, 116, 117. Imposed upon by 
Mukni, 119. Whose treacherous inten- 
tions towards himself and Mr. Lyon, he 
discovers, 165, 166, 167. Relapse of 
Mr. Ritchie, 189. His death, 190, 191 
And funeral, 192. 
Rocks of Fezzan, oliservations on the p;e()logi- 
cal structure of, 361. Basaltic rocks, 361 . 
362. Tertiary limestone, 361, 363, 361. 
New red sandstone, 861, 364—369. 
Sadig, (Shreef), kind behaviour of, to the 
author, 313, 318. 
Sahar or Sahara, a species of desert, defined, 
314, 346. Phenomena of, described, 346, 
347. Wells occasionally found there, 348. 
Saints, Mohammedan, account of, 8 — 12. 
Sakhatoo, a tov/n of Soudan, notice of, 134. 
Itinerary from Kashna to, 140, 141. 
Vocabulary of the language of, 185 — 
138. 
Sala el Sultan, or praying place of the Sultan, 
307. 
Salt, remarkable incrustations of, in Fe.^zan, 
205,206. Plain of, 211. 
Salutation, Arabian mode of, 53. 
Saiwioo, (village), notice of, 85. 
Sa7id winds, 70. Effects of, 83, 84. 
Sbir ben Afecn, a desert so called, notice of, 
83. 
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