Lemon (liuon), the, employed in Malabar against serpents, 62; history of, 213; employed in Ceylon against leeches, 213–214 Lezghistan (Lochinschan), 34, 136 Lightning, death by, courted in Circassia, 50, 178 Lions, in Babylon, 47; Lesser India, 47 Lombardy (Lamparten), 89 Lord’s prayer, in Armenian, 102; Tatar, 102 Lucca (Lickcha), 34 Magnesia (Maganasa), 40, 147 (Mäg), Mahhy? destructor of gods, a title of Boursbaï, 52, 187 Mahomedans, their sects, 65, 73–74, 221; at prayer, 67–68; neglect of prayer, how punished, 69; places for worship, 69, 220; burial of the dead, 69; fasting, 70; call to prayer, 70; festivals, 70–71, 221; grief for the dead, 72; wine forbidden and the reason why, 72; good custom in trade, 73; estimate of the Saviour, 75–76; of Christianity, 76–78 Mahomet, 44; his tomb, 54, 71; birth and appearance of, 65, 219–220, 78; becomes Caliph, 67; doctrine and laws, 67–75; held the Caucasus in veneration, 186 Makou (Meya), 44, 159 Malabar (Lambor), where pepper grows, 61, 211 Malahidah sect, the; _see_ the Day Malatia (Malathea), 18, 122–123 Mamelouk sultans, captives sent to, by Bajazet, 7, 113; their succession, 51, 182; court ceremonials, 52, 54, 192; couriers, 52, 192; pigeon service, 53, 192 Mamre (Mambertal), 56, 194 (Manstzusch), 99, 143 (Mansur), a brother of Aboubekr, 33, 135 Mardin (Merdin), 43, 154 Mare’s milk drank fasting, 48 Marriage customs, of the Yasses and Georgians, 85, 234; Armenians, 95 Mary Magdalen, 58 ———— Cleophas, 58 Massanderan, 26, 29, 44 Meat, raw, eaten by Tatars, 48 Medina (Madina), 71 Mehdy, the, or celestial judge, Shyite belief of him, 186; Sunnite belief, 187 Meisen (Neichsen), 102 Menagerie at Babylon, 47, 168 Meragha (Maragara), 44, 157 Mile, an Italian, defined by the author, 46, 167 Milk of mares and camels for food, 48 Millet, in Siberia, 36; Sinope, 41; Great Tatary, 48 Mingrelia (Magrill, Megrellen), 43, 153, 99 Mingrelians, are of the Greek Church, 43, 78 Mintash or Mantash (Mathas), 51, 183 Miracle, at Samsoun, 12; by St. Demetrius, 39, 146; at Angora, 40; Sinaï, 55, 193; the Withered tree, 56; Holy Sepulchre, 57, 199; St. Ann’s well, 58, 202; walls of Constantinople, 84; by St. Gregory, 88–90; St. Silvester, 88; St. John the Evangelist, 147 Miran Shah (Mirenschach), 30, 32, 133, 134, 114 Mirror at Alexandria, 62–63, 215 Mirtcha, John (Werterwaywod), voyevoda of Wallachia, 2, 110, 145 Miszr Khodja (Miseri), 32, 134 Mitrovitz (Mittrotz), 6 Mocenigo, Giovanni, 110 Mohammed, the descendant of Ali, 186 (Molwa), an infidel priest, 65, 219 Mongols, the (Mugal), 50, 179, 114, 126 Moses, 54–56, 76