[209]Specifically it is not as much as a man can heap on his open or hold in his half-closed hand.
[210]Cf. Barth, op. cit., Vol. I. pp. 467 and 479.
[211]In Masquerey’s Temajegh dictionary as “iril” and “irillan” respectively.
[212]The Great Bear is called “Talimt,” the Cow Camel; the Pleiades are the “Chickens.”
[213]See [Plate 36.]
[214]In [Plate 47] Sidi is carrying such a spear flying the author’s pennant.
[215]The round shields mentioned by Duveyrier as in use among the Northern Tuareg are unknown in Air. See Plates [22] and [26.]
CHAPTER VIII
ARCHITECTURE AND ART