Ain el Mishpat, ii. 115 Kidran, or the fountain of tar, i. 96 Maithie, i. 96. Ou-heide, i. 125 Air, the temperature of it in Barbary, i. 245. in Syria, ii. 127. in Arabia Petræa, ii. 319, &c. Ai-yacoute, the district, i. 120 Akker the river and city, ii. 23 Algebra, the meaning of the word, i. 364. note *. Alleegah, the ruins of, i. 135 Alexandria, the ports, &c. of it, ii. 65
Algiers, whence called, i. 86. the limits and extent of the kingdom, i. 29, &c. dominion of the Algerines in the Sahara, i. 33. divided into three provinces, i. 34. description of the city, port, navy, &c. i. 82,83, &c. the office of the Kady, ib. the government, wherein it consists, i. 446. the Dey, his power, character, and election, ib. frequently cut off, i. 447. the forces of this kingdom, i. 448. the method of keeping the Arabs in subjection, i. 449. how their army is recruited, i. 451. their officers, i. 452. the revenue, i.453. the pay of the army, ib. its courts of judicature,
cature, i. 454. of the prin- cipal ministers who sit in the gate, ib. punishments, i. 456. Turks not punished publicly, i. 457. its alliances with Christian princes, i. 459. how their several interests are maintained, i. 461 Alhennah, i. 214, &c. ii. 353 Alhennah, or Cypress tree, i.
Al ka-hol, i. 412 Al-messer, vid. Kairo. Almana, now Telemeen, i. 236 Almond, when ripe, i. 263 Ammer, Gætulian Arabs, or Kabyles, i. 69,---99. 119 Ammodytes, i. 330 Amnis Trajanus the khalis that runs through Kairo, ii. 69. 77.226
Ampsaga, f. what it denotes, i. 105. now Wed el Kibeer, i. 31. 105. 130 Anathoth, ii. 35 Angad, the desert of, i. 43 Αοιδος, 1. 367 Animals; the sacred animals
of Egypt, ii. 167, &c. others received also into their sacred writings, ib. parts also of animals, ii. 172. different animals combined together, ii. 175. animals in Scripture hard to be speci- fied, ii. 275,---294 Anounah, the ruins of, i. 135 Antaradus, or Tortosa, ii. 17 Antilope, or Gazell, i. 312. ii.
Anubis, or grey-hound, ii. 301 Aphrodisium, or Bona, i. 108.
or Faradeese, i. 182. 208 Απογεφύρωσαι explained, ii. 83 Apfar, or El-Callah, i, 71
Apollinis Promont. i. 152.156 Aqua Tacapitana, now El- Hammah, i. 239 Aquæ Calidæ, i. 174 Aqua Calida Colonia, i. 79 Aquilaria, or Lowhareab, i. 175 Aquis Regiis, i. 219 Aquæ Tibilitanæ of Gætulia,
Arabia Petræa, few animals there, ii. 338, &c. Arabs, of the Tell, i. 117. ad- minister justice among them- selves, i. 444. the power of presiding does not always de- scend from father to son, i. 445. in what manner they sleep, i. 399. they go bare- headed, i. 407. wear drawers, i. 411. their method of eat- ing, i. 417. how they spend their time, i. 419. are good riders, i. 422. drink wine, though prohibited by their religion, i. 421. where they rob most, Pref. wild Arabs, no peculiar clan, ib. Arabs, vid. Bedoweens, their manners and customs, i. 426. their method of saluting one another, ib. hospitable to strangers, yet false and treacherous, i. 429. always in war with one another, ib, the western Moors trade ho- nourably with those they ne- ver see, i. 430. Arabs given to superstitions and sorceries, i. 436, &c. form of their government, i. 444. Arabian cavalry, not able to withstand the Turkish infantry, i. 450. their courts of judicature, and punishments, i. 454 Aradus, or Arpad, now Rou- wadde, ii. 18
Aram, or Syria, ii. 23 Arbaal and Tessailah, the As- tacilis, i. 70
Arca, or Arka, the seat of the
Arkites, ii. 24 Architecture, to what degree arrived in Barbary, i. 371 Arhew, the river, i. 71 Armua, or Seibouse, i. 110 Arts and sciences little encou- raged in Barbary, i. 353 Arzew, the ancient Arsenaria, i. 52 Ash-oune-mon-kar, i. 101 Assanus fl. now Isser, i. 45 Astrixis, or Mount Atlas, i. 36 Asper, the value of it, i. 414
Asa, afternoon prayers, i. 420 Aslem-mah, what, i. 427 Aspis, i. 329
Assurus, or Assuras, i. 217 Asphaltus lake, ii. 158 Atlas, the mountains of, i. 35. 45.82.90.115
Atad, where, ii. 88. note *. Attackah, Mount, ii. 95 Aurasians, their complexions, i. 128
Auzia, i. 88. 93
BAAL-TZEPHON, the meaning of the word, ii. 96. where situated, ib. ii. 99 Bab el Wed, i. 84 Babylon, now Kairo, ii. 69. 297. or Latopolis, ii. 90. 297. see Kaito. scarce any rain falls there, i. 249 Babylonians, their castle, ii. 70 Back-houses, the cœnacula, i. 386 Bagrada, i. 158
Bagreah, a sort of pancake, i.
Bahyre Pharaoune, i. 237 Baideah, what, ii. 95 Balaneah, or Baneas, ruins, ii.
17. 28 Baniuri, i. 83 Banteuse, i. 140
Barbar, r. the same with the Zaine, i. 25
Barbary, the provinces of it, i. 34. note.
Barbary, state of learning there, i. 353. of physic, i. 357 Barbata, river, i. 45
Barca, etymology of it, ii. 322.
Bareekah, the plains and river of, i. 122
Barinshell, i. 63
Barley ripe in the Holy Land about May, ii. 137. in E- gypt the beginning of April, ii. 264 Barometer, how affected in
Barbary, i. 247. not affect- ed with earthquakes, i. 277 Bars of rivers, what, ii. 245 Bashee, Bullock-Bashee, Oda-
Bashee, Yiah-Bashee, i. 452 Bastion, i. 110
Bastinado, how inflicted, i. 456 Bazar, or coffee-houses, i. 421 Bazilbab, i. 193
Beast of the reeds, ii. 300 Bedoweens, their manner of life, Pref. i. 379,416. wear now no drawers, as the other Arabs do, i. 411 Beeban, or gates, i. 115 Beet-el-shaar, houses of hair, i: 397
Beds of the Moors, i. 378 Beetle, of what a symbol, ii.
Beeves made use of in Numi- dia, as beasts of burden, i.
Biledulgerid, or Blaid el Je- ridde, i. 33
Birds of curious species in Bar- bary, i. 331. which clean and unclean, ii. 286. bird of paradise, ii. 303 Biscara, the capital of Zaab, i. 140
Bishbesh, or river of Fennel, i. 90. the ancient Bubastis, ii. 90
Bismalla, i. e. if God will, i. 420. note. Bingazee, the ancient Berenice, i. 285
Bitumen, how raised from the bottom of the Dead Sea, ii. 158. the quality of it, ii.
Bizacium, not so fertile as the
ancients have made it, i. 149. 269. now the winter circuit of the kingdom of Tunis, i. 198
Bizerta, the Hippo Diarrhytus, or Zaritus, i. 154
Blaid el Madoone, vid. Tefes- sad.
Blaid el Jereed, or Jeridde, i.
Bleda, or Bleeda, i. 78. the
Bida Colon. i. 88. the de- scription of it, ib. Bledeah Kibeerah, i. 81 Boccore, their time of being ripe, i. 264. ii. 137. 149 Bona, the Hippo regius, i. 32 Bona, the city, or Blaid el Aneb, the Aphrodisium, i. 107, 108
Booberak, river, i. 88. 100 Booferjoone, dashkrah, i.98 Boo Hadjar, or Agar, i. 205. Boujeiah port, the ancient Sar- dæ, i. 32. 101, the city, i.
Boujereah, the mountain and dashkrahs of, i. 83 Boomuggar, district of, i. 123 Boomagoose, river, i. 122 Boar, wild, the lion's food, i. 324
Bones petrified, i. 289. Bonganie, i. 90 Boo-jemah, river, i. 108 Boo-onk, i. 331 Boosellam, river, i. 119 Booshatter, or Utica, i. 161 Borourou, i. 332
Bosaada, a collection of dash- krahs, i. 97
Bottles in Scripture, what, Pref.
Boujeiah, or Salda, i. 32. 91.
Calama, now Calma, i. 136 Calamos, now Kalemony, ii.30 Callah, or Calah, what it im- ports, i. 71. Callah, el, the town, ib. the ancient Gitlui, or Apfar, ib. Callah Accaba, i. 116 Calle, La, i. 110
Calcorychian mountains of Pto- lemy, where, i. 43
Camel, capable of great fatigue, i. 305. the structure of their stomachs, ib. note. a very watchful animal, Pref. their dung good firing, ib. Camelopardalis, when first known in Europe, ii. 284. See й. 301
Brada, or Bagrada, now Me- Canopy, what, i. 399
jerdah, i. 137. 158
Brainstone, ii. 332
Bread, the Arabs, &c. great eaters of it, i. 415. unlea- vened bread baked on the hearth, i. 416
Bresk, the Canuccis, i. 59 Bubastis, or Bishbesh, ii. 90. 230 Budwowe, the river, i. SS Bufalo, or Oryx, H. 281, 282 Bullrushes of Egypt, ii. 317 Bugia, vid. Boojeiah. Burg Hamza, or Sour Guslan, the Auzia, i. 92 Majanah, i. 117 Swaary, i. 97
Burnoose, or cloak without seam, the Pallium, i. 406
Butter, the method of making it in Barbary, i. 308 Buzara mons, i. 113
CACIAS, . 129. or Helles- pontias, ii. 130. what Ari. stotle observes of it, ii. 131
Cape Blanco, the Promonto- rium Candidum and Pulchrum, i. 151.--- where Scipio landed, ib. Boujerone, vid. Sebba Rous.
Bon, or Ras-addar, the Promont. Mercurii, i. 156
Falcon, or Ras el Harsh- fa, i. 48 Ferratt, i. 51 Hamra, i. 107 lone, or Ras Hunneine, or Mellack, the Prom. Magnum, i. 31. 45 Rosa, i. 110 Serra, i. 151
Zibeeb, i. 156. the Pro- monter. Apollinis, ib. Capoudia, the Caput Vada, and
Ammonis, Promont. i. 209 Caps of the Arabs, like the
ancient Tiara, i. 407 Capsa, i. 232
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