[26]. A very populous tribe who occupy the whole of the Djebel-Sahri and the greatest part of the basin of the Oued-Djedi.
[27]. Berouaguïa is six leagues south of Medeah; Souagui, thirty one leagues from Berouaguïa; Sidi-Bouzid, twenty-five leagues farther on; and lastly Leghrouât, twenty-four leagues beyond that, or one hundred and seven leagues south of Algiers.
[28]. The Tell is the granary of the Sahara: the master of the Tell holds the people of the Sahara with the grasp of famine. They are so sensible of this that they frankly avow it in a phrase that has passed into a proverb: "We cannot be either Mussulmans, Jews, or Christians: we are forced to be the friends of our belly."
[29]. A fort built by the Spaniards, and the residence of the general commanding the province.
[30]. A sort of woollen shirt frequently worn by the Arabs.
[31]. The Bactrian variety, which has two humps and is much larger than the other.
[32]. A species of partridge, with a "tucked up" body and very short toes.
[33]. Among the Arabs of Upper Asia, but chiefly in the Nedjed, when a filly is foaled, it is impossible to form an idea of the rapture that seizes the family. "Allah has sent us a blessing; our lord Mohammed has entered into our tent." Neither wives nor children would suffer themselves to subtract one drop of the milk drawn from the camels, the goats, and the ewes. The whole of it is reserved for the fortunate foal, object of the love and most tender solicitude of all inhabitants of the tent. (Voyage dans la Haute Asie, by M. Pétiniaud.)
[34]. An umbelliferous plant of the genus thapsia.
[35]. A kind of semolina made with wheaten flour. It is as universal with the Arabs as soup with Continental Europeans.