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INDEX. 
Scorpions, prevalence of, at Morzouk, 183, 
184. Notice of a species of, called the 
scorpion of the wind, 184. 
Seblta, (town), notice of, 85. Description of 
a wedding there, 299. 
Sereer, a species of desert, notice of, 345. 
Shahm, a preparation of sheep's fat, notice of, 
46. 
Shiati, (region of), account of, 299, 300. 
SMblia, or camel litters, described, 59. 
Shirgi, or the east wind, effects of, 94. 
Shrab, or false water of the desert, 307. 
Sidi Besheer, (tomb of), notice of, 204. 
Sidrea, an article of Tripoline dress, de- 
scribed, 6. 
Slaves and slave trade, of the interior of 
Africa, account of, 120 — 122. Amiable 
character of the females, 140. Account 
of an expedition of slave-hunters, 250. 
Their manner of making captives, 255; 
and of dividing them among the captors, 
262. Notice of the slave markets, 263. 
Condition of slaves in Fczzan, 287. 
Especially at Morzouk, 288. Regula- 
tions concerning the offspring of slaves, 
289- Sufferings of some negro captives 
in their journey across the deserts to 
Tripoli, for sale, 296, 323, 325, 329, 332, 
343. Their allowance of food, 297. 
Cheerfulness under all their sufferings, 
341, 342. Account of the slave market 
at Morzouk, 267,2 68. 
Smeeran (mountain), 22. " 
SocJi:na, a town of Fezzan, entry of the Sul- 
tan into, described, 70 — 72. Account of 
it, 72, 73. Its former state, 74. Cere- 
monies paid to the Sultan, on his de- 
parture thence, 80. The Author's re- 
turn thither, 309- Is beset with sturdy 
beggars, 310, 318, 319. Vocabulary of 
the language there spoken, 314 — 316. 
Festival of the return of spring, 317. 
State of the gardens, ibid. Mode of 
preserving dates there, 320. 
Songs of the Arabs, account of, 173, 174. 
Of some captive negroes, 336, 337. 
Soudan,- Afho, or Haousa, rivers of, 133. 
Vocabulary of the language of, 135 — 
188. Notice of the chief provinces and 
places in, 131, 132, 134. Manufactures 
of, 139. Ignorance almost vmiversal 
among the natives, 139. Religion, ibid. 
Itinerary from Kashna, to various places 
in, 140 — 142. Exports to, from Fezzan, 
152 — 154. Imports from, to Fezzan, 
154 — 157. Description of the women 
of Soudan, 161. 
South Wind, effects of, 94. 
Spring, return of, celebrated as a festival, 317. 
Studies, course of, in Fezzan, 186, 187. 
Suarit (Mountain), 64. 
Subterraneous habitations, in the Gharian 
Mountains, described, 25, 29, 30. 
Sun, extraordinary effect of, 209- 
Superstitions of the Tuarick,an African tribe, 
111. 
Taleb, village of, 209. 
Tar, how made by the Tibboo tribe, 235, 236. 
Tarr, Wadey of, 324. 
Tegerrina, village of, 32. ^ 
Tegerry, the Southern limit of Fezzan, narra- 
tive of the Author's journey to, 202 — 
237. Arrival there, 238. Description 
of its castle, 239. Price of provisions 
there, 240. Its productions, 241. Super- 
stitions of its inhabitants, 242, 243, 
Itinerary thence to Bilma, 244. The 
Author's return there, 245. Itinerary 
thence to Bilma, 265. 
