Rabat, arrival at, [110.] Town described. Aqueduct. Mausoleum of the Sultan Muhamed at, described. Battery of, bomb-proof. Bastions. Roman spring at. Old Roman town of Sheila at, described. Old Roman coins, [111.] Mosques, tower of Hassan, similar to one at Timbuctoo, &c. described, [112.]
Rabat and Salee, abundant countries, [113.]
Religions, of all kinds, tolerated at Timbuctoo.
Repast, or dinner, sent by the prince Muley Teib, [192.]
Retaliation for murder, an incumbent duty on tha individuals of a family, [295.]
Revenge of the Shelluhs, described, [152.]
-------- of the Shelluhs for murder rigidly pursued, [291.]
Richardson, incorrect in calling the Arabic guttural letter, grain, ghain, [492.]
Richardson's Arabic grammar, some errors in, [351.]
Riches of the Arabs, in what it consists, [247.]
Rivers, in sandy districts, change their courses, [440.]
Robbery, singular mode of, [116.]
Rontgen, African traveller, death of, [425.]
S.
Santa Cruz, the port of, delivered to the Dutch, [403.]
--------, See Agadeer.
-------, or Agadeer, the key to Sudan, [268.]
-------, invoice from Timbuctoo to, [345.]
------- opened to Dutch commerce by the author, [436.]
Sanctuary of Muley Dris Zerone, [80.]
Saffy, its road for shipping described, [108.] Situation and description of, [108.]
Sahara, north part described, no water, [4.] South part described, [7.] Water carried in goat-skins, [5.] Sheiks of, independent.
--------, Arabs of, prefer sleeping in the open air, [155.]
Salee, dungeon of, for Christian captives, [114.]
------ and Rabat, the adjacent country productive, [113.]
Salutations, peculiar character of their, [235.]
Saneet Urtemma, a dangerous country, [110.]
Sand baths, [279.]
Science and the arts, decay of, among the Arabs, [352.]
Sebu, river, situation of, [438.]
Sejin Messa, etymology of the name, vulgarly called Segilmessa, [145.]
Senegambia, [70.]
Serpents, charmers of, described, [430.]
--------, domestic, of Marocco, [213.]
Servants of the emperor, policy of, [280.]
Shegar, signification of, and misinterpretation, [441.]
Sheh, the Arabic name for worm-seed, [5.]
------, the plant designated, [510.]
Shella, an old Roman town, [112.]
Shelluh, revenge of, described, [152.]
------ repast, described. Patriarchal cakes of, [153.] Customs of, [154,] [313.]
------ language, specimen of, [366.]
Shelluhs, revenge and retaliation, [291.]
------, their territory described, [327.]
Sheshawa, plains of, [82.] Mountains of, strata of oyster-shells at the top of, [82.] River of, [82.]
Shume el, the hot wind of Sahara so denominated, [5.]
Shoemaker, an honourable trade, [98.]
Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, his letter to the emperor of Marocco. Sigen Messa, face of that country, [81.]
Silver mines of Elala, [218.]
------ mine, [331.]
Siwah, language of, similar to the Shelluh, [370.]
Slavery, state of, in Africa, [219.] Cannot be abolished but by commerce, [269.]
Slaves, mode of selling them, [95.]
Slave trade, not to be abolished by any naval force however formidable, [269.]
South Africa, policy of constructing mitferes there, [339.] How that colony might be improved in the value of its produce, [340.]
----------, colony of, policy and expediency of building mitferes there, [339.] How to improve that colony, [340.]
Storks, abundance of, at Azamore, [110.]
Style used in addressing the emperor, [383.]
Subterraneous hordes, propensity to, [238.]
Sudan, gum of, [67.]
------, trade with, [277.]
------ company, plan for one, [251.]
------, command of the commerce of, how to be obtained, [67.]
------ produce of, [67.]
Sugar, figurative of friendship, [234.]
Sulphur mines, [331.]
Sultan Muhamed's letter to the European consuls, [394.] To the governor of Mogodor, [405.]
-------- Soliman's letter to his majesty George III., [395.]
Superstitious tradition, [460.]
Suse, province of, inaccessible to an invading army from the north, [76.]
Synonymous words in sound, [362.].
T.
Tabia walls, what, [2.] Mode of building them.
Tafilelt, [1.] A rendezvous for caravans; kassars of; hire of camels from Fas to; a country of princes, [2.] Market at, [2.] Palace, imperial, magnificent at, [80.] Dates abundant at, [80.] Magnificent plantations and extensive forests of, [81.] Faith and honour of the natives proverbial; robberies unknown there, [81.]
Talleyrand, his favourite African scheme, [229.]
Talh-tree defined, [510.]
Tangier garrison, salute to the British ambassador on his entry there, [127.]
Tas, what it is, [231.]
Tatta, a depôt for camels, [248.]
Tendaraman, venomous spider described, [429]
Tensift, river of, [108.]
Tildie, repast, Arab, at; Portuguese tower at, [63.] Cookery of the Arabs at, [64.]
Timbuctoo, situation of, and charge of travelling to, [7.] City of; river close to it, [8.] Population of; extent of; caravanseras of; slaves at, [10.] Houses; government, [11.] Revenue of, [12.] Moors pay no duty at, but negroes do, [14.] Subject to Housa, [14.] Army of; subsidies; administration of justice at; punishments, [15.] Good police of, [16.] Insolvent debtors at; slaves entitled to freedom at; property, succession to and distribution of; rational treatment of slaves at; wills not written, [18.] Laws of inheritance; marriage; rape; adultery, [19.] Trade and articles sold at, [20.] Manufactures, [23.] Measures, [23.] Husbandry, [24_.] Sowing season; provisions, [25.] Animals; birds, [26.] Fish; prices of various articles, [27.] Costume, [28.] Diversions, [31.] Time, measurement of; Religion, [32.] Diseases, [33.] Manners and customs, [34.] Neighbouring nations, [35.]
--------, opportunity of opening a trade with, why declined, [145.]
--------, how likely to be made tributary to Great Britain, [249.] Circuitous commerce of, explained, [256.] Direct and eligible route to, through Sahara from the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, [257.]
--------, value of merchandize at, [260.] Immense profit actually made in, [261.] Immense quantities of gold to be procured from Sudan, [261.] Goods entering the city at the gate of the desert pay no duty, [263.] Timbuctoo coffee, [179.] Invoice from, [345,] [347.] Letter from, [346,] [348.]
Timbuctoo, Mungo Park at, [319.]
----------, warehouses of, contain the manufactures, of India and Europe, [427.] Communication with, plan for opening, [428.]
----------, intelligence respecting, whence derived, [436.]
----------, cotton manufacture, made in the city of, interwoven with silk, of a chequered pattern, deposited in the British Museum, [437.] Situation of, in respect to the Neel el abeed, [439.] Under the sovereignty of a negro prince, [441.] Fish at, resembling salmon, [469.]
-------- first expedition to and conquest of, [519.]
-------- second expedition to, [521.]
-------- third expedition to, [523.]
Titles of emperor, [382.]
Togreda, ceremony of, how performed, [231.]
Tomie, or Sebah Biure, port of; the author visits it by the prince's request, [138.] Arab dance and festivity in the neighbourhood of, [141.] Music of, [140.]
Trade with Sudan, [277.]
Travellers, solitary or scientific, little expectations from, [258.]
Travelling in Barbary, [293.]
Treaties with Muhamedan princes, [283.]
Troglodyte, [319.]
U.
Uffran, a depôt for camels, 248. Uly and Ualy, material difference between these two terms,350. Unity among Christians a necessary prelude to the conversion of Africa. The several sects of Christians should unite, instead of being divided, as an expedient measure necessary to precede the conversion of Africa, 129. Union of waters between Timbuctoo and Cairo, 447.
V.
Vaccination, intelligence transmitted from West Barbary instrumental in the propagation of, [337.] 23,134 lives saved by vaccination, [338.]
Vasco de Gama's observations on intercourse with Africa, [258.]
Vincent, Lord St. his message to the Emperor of Marocco, [459.]
Vines, the grapes of which are of an extraordinary size, [74.]