[Footnote 225: The words between brackets are not in the original, but implied.] [Footnote 226: This, perhaps, is the only letter extant wherein a Mooselmin prince gives the title of Sultan to a Christian king.] [Footnote 227: The above date corresponds with the 5th July, 1806, Christian æra.] [Footnote 228: This repetition of the principal subject of a letter is a mode of impressing on the mind more forcibly the subject intended, and is commonly practised by the best writers in Africa.] GLOSSARY. _Abd_, A slave. _Abeede Seedi Bukaree_, The Bukarree blacks of the Emperor’s army. _Adul_, An accountant. _Agem_, A European, or Barbarian. _Akad El Beah_, Declaration of sale. _Akkabaah_, Several caravans accumulated together for the purpose of crossing the Desert of Africa. _Alem_, A white flag suspended at the top of a mosque at noon, to announce prayers. _Bedowin_, Wandering Arabs of the Desert. _Bu’dra_, Old butter melted, and put into earthen jars, and preserved in the matamores ten, twenty, or thirty years: supposed to contain extraordinary medicinal properties. _Bussorah_, A city in Arabia; derived from the Arabic words Bu and Surah, i.e. father of walls. _Cuscasoe_, Granulated wheat, or barley-meal, mixed with water, and rolled into small particles about the size of partridge-shot, and prepared for food, by steam, with meat, fowls, and vegetables. _Deeb_, A brown fox. _Delel_, An itinerant auctioneer. _Diwan_, Generally called Divan; but the letter v is not in the Arabic language: the word is derived from Diwee, to converse. _Douar_, An encampment of Arabs tents. _El Wah_, An oasis. _Erhella_, A day’s journey of about eight hours continual travelling. _Ezzulia_, Small glazed tiles of various colours, with which the Moors ornament their rooms, &c. _Fondaque_, A caravansera, or inn. _Hashisha_, A species of hemp, the seeds and leaves of which intoxicate, and are said to produce an agreeable vacuity of mind. _Harushe_, A stony district. _Hassoua_, Barley-gruel. _Hayk_, A piece of woollen, or cotton cloth, or silk, made light, and of the natural colour of the article of which it is manufactured, being about two yards wide and five long, thrown over the dress, and resembling the Roman Toga. _Hejra_, The Mohammedan æra, which began 16th July, A.D. 622. The year is lunar, consisting of 357 days; so that in the calculation of chronological events, 103½ lunar years are equal to 100 solar years. _Horreh_, A free born, or noble born person. _Jimmel_, A camel. _Kasseria_, An enclosed building consisting of many shops. _Keyma_, An Arab’s tent. _Kief_, The seed of the Hashisha, an intoxicating herb. _Liali_, The period of the forty longest nights. _Luksebba_, A citadel. _Matamore_, Subterraneous caverns or excavations, wherein is deposited corn, which by being closed so as to preclude the air, will keep the corn sound and good thirty years or more.