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
_Farmela_, an article of Tripoline dress, described, 6.
_Fever_, Arab remedy for, 321.
_Fezzan_, boundaries of, 270. Aspect of the country, ibid. The
author’s entry into the kingdom of, 68. Journey in, 69—152. State
of cultivation, 271. Articles of commerce carried thence, to
Soudan, Bornou, and Waday, 152—154. Articles received in return,
154—157. Exports of the Fezzan merchants to Egypt, 157. Imports,
158. State of education in this country, 186, 187. Abundance of
ants and bugs there, 187, 188. Revenues of the Sultan, 188, 189.
Character of the Fezzaners, 240, 280. Their appearance and manners,
283, 284. Mineral productions, 271. Animal productions of this
country, 271—273. Vegetable productions, 273, 274. Agriculture,
275. And horticulture, 277. Chief towns, 275. Chief diet of
the inhabitants, 276. Division and tenure of landed property, ibid.
Weights and measures current in commerce, 277, 278. Government,
278—280. Punishments, 282. Character of the Marāboots, 284. State
of education, 285. Manufactures, 286. Condition of slaves, 287. Of
the women, ibid. Parental authority, absolute, ibid. Laws relating
to the issue of slaves, 289. Traditions prevalent there, 287, 288.
Geological observations on the mountains and rocks of, 361—369.
_Fighi_, or men of letters, notice of, 285.
_Flocks_ of the Arabs, account of, 45, 46.
_Food_ of the Arabs, account of, 48—52.
_Fossil Bones_, discovered in the interior of Africa, 128.
_Fuggha_, (town), notice of, 243. Itinerary thence to Benghazi, ibid.
_Funerals_, how solemnised at Tripoli, 19, 20. Of Mr. Ritchie, 192.
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