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Ain el Mishpat, ii. 115 Kidran, or the fountain of tar, i. 96 Maithie, i. 96 Ou-heide, i. 125 Air, the temperature of it in Barbary, i. 245. in Syria, . 127. in Arabia Petræa, ii. 319, &c. Ai-yacoute, the district, i. 120 Akker the river and city, ii. 23 Algebra, the meaning of the word, i. 364. note *. Alleegah, the ruins of, i. 135 Alexandria, the ports, &c. of it, ii. 65

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Algiers, whence called, i. 86. the limits and extent of the kingdom, i. 29, &c. domi"nion of the Algerines in the Sahara, i. 33. divided into three provinces, i. 34. description of the city, port, navy, &c. i. 82, 83, &c. the office of the Kady, ib. the government, wherein it consists, i. 446. the Dey, his power, character, and election, ib. frequently cut off, i. 447. the forces of this kingdom, i. 448. the method of keeping the Arabs in subjection, i. 449. how their army is recruited, i. 451. their officers, i. 452. the revenue, i. 453. the pay of the army, ib. its courts of judi

cature,

cature, i. 454. of the prin-
cipal ministers who sit in the
gate, ib. punishments, i. 456.
Turks not punished publicly,
i. 457. its alliances with
Christian princes, i. 459.
how their several interests
are maintained, i. 461
Alhennah, i. 214, &c. ii. 353
Alhennah, or Cypress tree, i.

82.214

Al ka-hol, i. 412
Al-messer, vid. Kairo.
Almæna, now Telemeen, i. 236
Almond, when ripe, i. 263
Ammer, Gætulian Arabs, or
Kabyles, i. 69,---99. 119
Ammodytes, i. 330
Amnis Trajanus the khalis that
runs through Kairo, ii. 69.

77.226

Amoura, i. 98

Ampsaga, fl. what it denotes,
i. 105. now Wed el Kibeer,
i. 31. 105. 130
Anathoth, ii. 35
Angad, the desert of, i. 43
Αοιδοι, i. 367

Animals; the sacred animals

of Egypt, ii. 167, &c.---
others received also into
their sacred writings, ib.
parts also of animals, ii. 172.
different animals combined
together, ii. 175. animals in
Scripture hard to be speci-
fied, ii. 275,--294
Anounah, the ruins of, i. 135
Antaradus, or Tortosa, ii. 17
Antilope, or Gazell, i. 312. ii.

277

Anubis, or grey-hound, ii. 301
Aphrodisium, or Bona, i. 108.

or Faradeese, i. 182. 208
Απογεφυρώσαι explained, ii. 83
Apfar, or El-Callah, i. 71

Apollinis Promont. i. 152.156
Aqua Tacapitanæ, now El-
Hammah, i. 239
Aquæ Calidæ, i. 174
Aqua Calida Colonia, i. 79
Aquilaria, or Lowhareah, i. 175
Aquis Regiis, i. 219
Aqua Tibilitanæ of Gætulia,

i. 98

Arabia Petræa, few animals
there, ii. 338, &c.
Arabs, of the Tell, i. 117. ad-
minister justice among them-
selves, i. 444. the power of
presiding does not always de-
scend from father to son, i.
445. in what manner they
sleep, i. 399. they go bare-
headed, i. 407. wear drawers,
i. 411. their method of eat-
ing, i. 417. how they spend
their time, i. 419. are good
riders, i. 422. drink wine,
though prohibited by their
religion, i. 421. where they
rob most, Pref. wild Arabs,
no peculiar clan, ib.
Arabs, vid. Bedoweens, their

manners and customs, i. 426.
their method of saluting one
another, ib. hospitable to
strangers, yet false and
treacherous, i. 429. always
in war with one another, ib.
the western Moors trade ho-
nourably with those they ne
ver see, i. 430. Arabs given
to superstitions and sorceries,
i. 436, &c. form of their
government, i. 444. Arabian
cavalry, not able to withstand
the Turkish infantry, i. 450.
their courts of judicature,
and punishments, i. 454
Aradus, or Arpad, now Rou
wadde, ii. 18

Aram,

Aram, or Syria, ii. 23
Aibaal and Tessailah, the As-
tacilis, i. 70

Arca, or Arka, the seat of the
Arkites, ii. 24
Architecture, to what degree
arrived in Barbary, i. 371
Arhew, the river, i. 71
Armua, or Seibouse, i. 110
Arts and sciences little encou-
raged in Barbary, i. 353
Arzew, the ancient Arsenaria,
i. 52

Ash oune-mon-kar, i. 101
Assanus fl. now Isser, i. 45
Astrixis, or Mount Atlas, i. 36
Asper, the value of it, i. 414
453
Asa, afternoon prayers, i. 420
Aslem-mah, what, i. 427
Aspis, i. 329

Assurus, or Assuras, i. 217
Asphaltus lake, ii. 158
Atlas, the mountains of, i. 35.

45. 82. 90. 115

Atad, where, ii. 88. note *.
Attackah, Mount, ii. 95
Aurasians, their complexions,

i. 128

Auzia, i. 88. 93

B

BAAL-TZEPHON, the meaning
of the word, ii. 96. where
situated, ib. ii. 99
Bab el Wed, i. 84
Babylon, now Kairo, ii. 69.
297. or Latopolis, ii. 90.
297. see Kairo. scarce any
rain falls there, i. 249
Babylonians, their castle, ii. 70
Back-houses, the coenacula, i.
386

Bagrada, i. 158

Bagreah, a sort of pancake, i.

416

Bahyre Pharaoune, i. 237
Baideah, what, ii. 95

Balaneah, or Baneas, ruins, ii.

17. 28

Baniuri, i. 83
Banteuse, i. 140

Barbar, r. the same with the
Zaine, i. 25

Barbary, the provinces of it,

i. 3. note.

Barbary, state of learning there,
i. 353. of physic, i. 357
Barbata, river, i. 45
Barca, etymology of it, ii. 322.

note.

Bareekah, the plains and river
of, i. 122
Barinshell, i. 63

Barley ripe in the Holy Land
about May, ii. 137. in E-
gypt the beginning of April,

11. 264
Barometer, how affected in

Barbary, i. 247. not affect-
ed with earthquakes, i. 277
Bars of rivers, what, ii. 245
Bashee, Bullock-Bashee, Oda-

Bashee, Yiah-Bashee, i. 452
Bastion, i. 110

Bastinado, how inflicted, i. 456
Bazar, or coffee-houses, i. 421
Bazilbab, i. 193

Beast of the reeds, ii. 300
Bedoweens, their manner of
life, Pref. i. 379,416. wear
now no drawers, as the other
Arabs do, i. 411
Beeban, or gates, i. 115
Bect-el-shaar, houses of hair,
i. 397

Beds of the Moors, i. 378
Beetle, of what a symbol, ii.

168

Beeves made use of in Numi-
dia, as beasts of burden, i.
133

Behemoth,

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