CHAPTER V. Zoology 74 CHAPTER VI. Metallic, Mineral, and Vegetable Productions 126 CHAPTER VII. Description of the Inhabitants of West Barbary — their Dress — Religious Ceremonies and Opinions — their Character — Manners and Customs — Diseases — Funerals — Etiquette of the Court — Sources of Revenue 140 CHAPTER VIII. Some Account of a peculiar species of Plague, which depopulated West Barbary in 1799, and 1800, and to the effects of which the Author was an eye-witness 171 CHAPTER IX. Some Observations on the Mohammedan Religion 196 CHAPTER X. Languages of Africa — Various Dialects of the Arabic Language — Difference between the Berebber and Shelluh Languages — Specimen of the Mandinga — Comparison of the Shelluh Language with that of Siwah, and also with that of the Canary Islands, and Similitude of Customs 209 CHAPTER XI. General Commerce of Marocco — Annual Exports and Imports of the Port of Mogodor — Importance and Advantages of a Trade with the Empire of Marocco — Cause of its Decline — Present State of our Relations with the Barbary Powers 234 CHAPTER XII. Shipwrecks on the Western Coast of Africa about Wedinoon and Sahara — State of the British and other Captives whilst in possession of the Saharawans, or roving Arabs of the Desert — Suggestion of the Author for the Alleviation of their Sufferings — Mode of their Redemption 269 CHAPTER XIII. Commercial Relations of the Empire of Marocco with Timbuctoo, and other Districts of Soudan — Route of the Caravans to and from Soudan — Of the City of Timbuctoo — The productive Gold Mines in its Vicinage — Of the navigable Intercourse between Jinnie and Timbuctoo; and from the latter to Cairo in Egypt: the whole being collected from the most authentic and corroborating testimonies of the Guides of the Caravans, Itinerant Merchants of Soudan, and other creditable sources of Intelligence 282 AN ACCOUNT OF THE EMPIRE OF MAROCCO, _&c. &c._ * * * * * CHAPTER I. _Geographical Divisions of the Empire of Marocco._