Sycomore wood, the durable- ness of it, ii. 212. 315 Syria, the inhabitants of, ii. 161 Symbolical learning, viz. the symbols of Osiris, ii. 167. of Isis, &c. ii. 169. what branches of learning record- ed in it, ii. 166
Syrtis, lesser, the limits and the nature of it, i. 210
TAABNAH, i. 111 Taanach, ii. 34 Tabor, mount, ib. Tabraca, or Thabraca, Ta. barca, i. 30. 151. taken from the Genoese, i. 112
Tacape, the Tritonis, i. 213.
Tacapitanæ aquæ, i. 239 Tacatua, i. 107
Tefessad, the Tipasa, i. 64 Tegæa, now Jimmel, i. 220 Tegewse, i. 234 Telepte, i. 230 Tell, or land proper for tillage, i. 30. 245
Temendfuse, the Rusgunise col. i. 87
Tempest, sacrifice offered to it by Mahometans and the an, cients, ii. 133 Tent, the pillar of it, i. 398 Terrace, how made, i. 372 Tesseilah, mountains and city,
the Astacilis, i. 70 Tezzoute, the Lambese, i. 121 Thabba, now Ebba, i. 235 Thebe, Thebestis, now Tif- fesh, i. 136 Thaibanne, serpent, perhaps Lucan's Thebanus ophites, i. 326
Tackumbreet, vid. Siga, i. 46 Tadutti, i. 121
Tafarowy, mountains, i. 70
Thaleb, or Thulby, scribes, i.
Tagadempt, Tergdent, Tige- dent, Tignident, &c. i. 73 Taggah, the ruins of, i. 119 Tagou-zainah, the Diana, i. Thena or Thenæ, i. 212
Thaler, or dollar, i. 100. 453 Thambes Mons, i. 114
Thapsus, now Demas, i. 206
Theneate el Gannim, i. 97 Thermæ, spaws, &c. i. 273 Thermometer, how affected with heat and cold in Bar- bary, i. 245 Thubuna, i. 121
Thulby, who they are, i. 96. note. 365. note * Thunudronum, now the Hy- drah, i. 223 Thyte el Botum, i. 97 Tiah beni Israel, what, ii. 95 Tiara, like the modern caps of the Arabs, i. 407
Tibeebs, or physicians, i.356 Tichasa, now Te-gewse, i. 234 Tiffesh,
Tiffesh, the Theveste, i. 136 Tigaua, or Tuckerah, i. 57 Timice, with little reason, ge- nerally taken for Tlem-san, i. 69
Tineh, the Pelusium, what it denotes, i. 63. note.
Tipsa, or Tibessa, the Tipasa or Tefessad, i. 87.137. Tisdra, now Jemme, i. 220 Tisurus, now Tozer, i. 235
of our Saviour's transactions, notwithstanding the great al- terations in the very situation of Jerusalem, ii. 38 Tragelaphus of the ancients, what, i. 212 Trara, the mountains, i. 45 Travelling, the method of it, Pref. in the Tingitana, i. 44 Tremesen, vid. Tlemsan. Tres Insulæ, i. 41
Titterie, what it signifies, i. 92 Tretum Promont. i. 101
Dosh, i. 97 Gewle, i. 57.
Tlemsan, Tremesan, or Telem- san, or western provinces, i. 34.44. the city, i. 66. the Lanigara, i. 69. what it de- notes, ib. note.
Tniss or Tennis, the significa- tion of it, i. 57 Tobacco, the culture of it at Latikea, ii. 139 To-bulba, i. 216 Toga, the same with the Ara- bian hykes, and Scotch plaids, i. 405
Tor, port, its distance from Sin, ii. 119. abounds with ma- rine plants, ii. 331. and many other advantages from na- ture, ii. 337
Tortoises in the river Eleuthe rus, ii. 26. in the Kishon, ii. 27
Tortosa, or Deir-douse, the An- taradus, ii. 17 Toujah, Kabyles, i. 102 Towers, some shaken with sounds, i. 140 Tozer, the Tisurus, i. 235 Trade, i. 403. the Western Moors trade with a people they never see, i. 430 Tradition is supposed to have truly preserved the locality
Tribe of Issachar, Benjamin, Judah, &c. how situated, ii. 34, 35
Tribute, collected by the seve- ral viceroys of the kingdoms of Algiers, i. 100
Trieris, ii. 30 Tripoly, half a league from the old Tripolis, ii. 29 Triton, river, і. 215, 237 Tritum Promont. i. 106 Trojan mountains, ii. 197 Truzza, mountain, i. 219 Tubna, the Thubuna, i. 121 Tuburbo, the Tuburbum minus, i. 185
Tubornoke, the Oppidum Tu- burnicense, i. 190, 191 Tubersoke, the Thibursicum- bure, i. 186 Tuckereah, the ancient Tiga- va, i. 57
Tuc-caber, the Tuccabori, i
Tuckush, village, i. 107.110.
Tuggurt, the capital of Wa- dreag, i. 141 Tulensii, i. 83 Tumar of Procopius, i. 125 Tunis, of the kingdom in ge- neral, i. 147. its limits and extent, ib. not divided into provinces like Algiers, i.
148. extent of the city, i. Warran, or Oran, i. 49
Tusca, i. 112
Twunt, i. 44
Warral, or Quaral, i. 325. ii.
309. affected with music, ii.
Wash, what it denotes, i. 310
Water, how raised in Egypt,
Tyre, its ports, &c. ii. 30. why Water-spouts, how occasioned,
called Sur, ii. 31
Tzin, vid. Desert.
Weather, an account of it in Barbary, i. 245. in Syria, ii. 127. in Arabia, ii. 319. at Alexandria, ii. 389
Weaving, how performed in Barbary, i. 403 Wed Adjedee, the Gir, i. 139 el Abeyde, i. 174 el Casab, or river of Canes, i. 48
el Fuddah, or river of
Plate, i. 74
el Ham, i. 96
el Kasaab, i. 48
el Kibeer, the Ampsaga, i. 105
el Mailah, or Flumen Sal-
sum, i. 46.51.69.98
el Shai-er, i. 98
el Thainee, i. 212
Welled, the meaning of it, Pref.
Abdenore, i. 119 Aly, i. 70 Attiyah, an inhospita- ble clan, i. 105 Booguff, i. 241 Booker, i. 73 Eisah, i. 91 Halfa, i. 70 In-anne, i. 91 Matthie, i. 241 Omran, ib. Seide, i. 240 Seedy Boogannim, ib. Seedy Braham Aslem- my, i. 97 Seedy Eesa, i. 96
Welled Seedy Hadjeras, i. 96
Spaihee, i. 73 Uxeire, i. 74
Yagoubee, i. 241 You-noose, i. 57
Zeire, i. 69
Wheat, when ripe in the Holy Land, ii. 137. when in E- gypt, ii. 264 Wilderness, what meant by it in Scripture, i. 43. not.
of Sin, ii. 105, 338 Winds, which the most fre- quent in Barbary, i. 248. which bring rain, ib. ii. 127. Etesian, or northern, not the cause of the Nile's in- undation, ii. 215
Wine, drunk to a great excess by the Turks and Moors of Tunis, i. 172. at Algiers once excellent, i. 267
Wives, little regard paid to them in Barbary, i. 432. do all the drudgery of the fa- mily, ib.
Worm, the eggs of the silk worm how preserved, ii. 138 Woodcock, called by the Moors the ass of the part- ridges, i. 336
Women of Barbary always veiled, i. 411. their head- dress, ib. their eye-lids tin- ged with lead ore, i. 412. great beauties, i. 434. past child-bearing at thirty, ib. how they welcome the arri- val of their guests, i. 435. how punished, i. 457
Wood-riff, i. 213 Woojee-da, or Guagida, i. 43 Wool hasa, the Arabs, or Afri. cans, i. 46 Woorgah, Arabs, i. 241 Wrestling among the Turks,
the same as in the Olympic games, i. 391. note.
Wurglah, the inhabitants of, i. 38. part of the ancient Me- lanogætuli, i. 142
YAM Suph, or Weedy Sea, ii.
Yarourou, i. 332 Visser, river, the Serbetis, i. 88
ZAAB, the Zebe, i. 38. 113. the extent and situation of it, i. 139. its villages, i. 139, 142
Zaccone, oil of it, i. 147. note. Zaggos, the mountains and salt pits, i. 97 Zainah, the ruins of, i. 119 Zaine, river, the ancient Tus- ca, i. 29. 112. 150. its sig- nification, i. 112. the same as the Barbar, i, 29 Zakoukit, what, i. 120. note. Zalacus, Mons, i. 74 Zammorah, the town of, i.
Zucchabari, i. 76 Zung-gar, ruins and fountain, i. 168
Zureike, serpent, or jaculus, i.
Zwowah, or Moorish soldiers, i. 448 Zwowiah, who, i. 96. 123 Zygantes, i. 192.
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