A narrative of travels in northern Africa in the years 1818, 19, and 20; accompanied by geographical notices of Soudan and of the course of the NigerLyon, G. F. (George Francis)
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A narrative of travels in northern Africa in the years 1818, 19, and 20; accompanied by geographical notices of Soudan and of the course of the Niger
Lyon, G. F. (George Francis)
Fezzan (Libya) -- Description and travel; Tripolitania -- Description and travel
_Afno_. See _Soudan_.
_Aghades_, a district of Soudan, notice of, 131, 132.
_Agrab el rah_, or scorpion of the wind, notice of, 184.
_Agram_, salt lakes of, 245. Probably the same with the salt lakes
of Domboo, ibid.
_Agriculture_, of the Arabs, 44. Of Fezzan, 275.
_Amaymet Saad_, pass of, 305
_Amusements_, of the African Arabs, 52.
_Animals_, found in Fezzan, 271—273.
_Antiquities_, ruins of, discovered at the well of Bonjem, 66. Near
the castle of Zleetun, 334. At Zelida, 337, 338.
_Ants_, devastation of, in Fezzan, 187, 188.
_Arabs_, general character of, 38, 39. Their dress, 39, 40. Arms,
40. Two classes of, 41. Their tents described, ibid. Government of
their tribes, 42. Religion, ibid. Marriages, 42, 43, 299. Their
cattle, accustomed to subsist without water, 44. Their agriculture,
ibid. Produce of their flocks, 45, 46. Quality and value of their
horses, 46, 47. Mode of shoeing adopted by them, 48. Diet of the
Arabs, 48—52. Their amusements, 52. Forms of courtesy, 53. Their
ignorance respecting Europe, 53, 54. Account of the tribe, called
Waled Suliman, 54, 55. Notice of the Orfilly tribe, 34—36. And of
the tribes of Sockna and the frontier of Fezzan, 79, 80. Their
method of preparing meat for a journey, 219.
_Areg el Libben_, (village), 205.
_Arms_ of the Tripolines and Arabs, 40, 41. Of the Tuarick, an
African tribe, 110.
_Aseēda_, an Arabian dish, how prepared, 49, 50.
_Aselis_, a species of reptile at Morzouk, described, 184.
_Atila_, an Arabian dish, how prepared, 50.
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