_Baba Hassein_, a Turkish trader, anecdotes of, 303, 304, 310. Is plundered by some Arabs, 338. _Bahr el Ghazal_, a province in the interior of Africa, notice of, 127. Productions, ibid. Dress and manners of the inhabitants, 127, 128. Vast quantities of petrified bones found there, 128. _Bairam_, feast of, how observed, 108, 109. _Barracan_, an article of African dress, described, 17, 39. _Barter_, singular mode of, 302. _Bashaw_ of Tripoli, public progresses of, described, 15, 16. Funeral of his grand-daughter, described, 19, 20. Interview of the author with, on his return from the interior, 349. _Bastinado_, punishment of, how inflicted, 17. _Baths_ of Tripoli, described, 16, 17. _Batus_ or _Battus_, (Mountain), 22. Account of the Sheikh of, 27, 28. And of the Jews who are resident there, 28. _Bazeen_, an Arabian dish, how prepared, 49, 50. _Bedouins_, or wandering Arabs of Northern Africa, account of, 41—54. _Belford_ (John) accompanies the mission to Africa, 2. His Arabic appellation, 7. In imminent danger of being stung by a venomous snake, 82. Is employed to construct a carriage for the Sultan of Morzouk, 179. Success of his work, 180, 181. Account of his illness, 194, 195, 241, 247, 350. Returns to England, 351. The author’s honourable testimony to his character, ibid. _Bello_, a Fellata chief, account of, 138. _Ben Arief_, mountain and pass of, 301. _Beneish_, an article of Tripoline dress, described, 6. _Benewaleed_,}town of described, 161—163. _Benewazeed_,} _Benghāzi_, (town) itinerary to, 243. And from thence to Derna, ibid, 244. _Beni abbas_, a village in the Gharian mountains, arrival at, 25. Description of its subterraneous habitations, ibid, 26. Hospitable reception of the author and his party, by the Sheikh of, 26, 27. _Benioleed_, village of, 34. Wretched condition of its inhabitants, ibid, 35, 36. Their number, 36. _Bergoo_, or _Borgoo_ country, productions of, 251, 255. Character and manners of the inhabitants, 251, 252, 254. Arab mode of making them captives, 255. Itinerary from Tegerry to, 264. And from Borgoo to Waday, 267. _Bidriah_, an article of Tripoline dress, described, 6. _Bilma_, itinerary to, from Tegerry, 265. _Bir el Wishki_, well of, 298. _Birnie_, a town in the Bornou country, account of, 123. Bearings of various places there, 126, 127. _Bones_, (petrified), discovered in the interior of Africa, 128. _Bonjem_, (well of), 65. Account of Roman antiquities in its vicinity, ibid, 66. Revisited by the author, on his return to Tripoli, 327. _Borgoo_. See _Bergoo_. _Bornou_ (country), boundaries of, 123. Vocabulary of its language, 122. Chief towns, 123. Rivers and lakes, 124, 125. Dependent provinces of, 126—128. Bearings of different places in, 126, 127. Government, 128, 129. Dress and customs of the people of Bornou, 130. Itinerary from Kashna to, 141.