[53]Situated at a distance of four hours’ march from Cairo. This school was subsequently removed to Cairo at the advice of Prince Pückler-Muskau.
[54]Solanum Lycopersicum.—Tr.
[55]Citrus Decumana, the shaddock?—Tr.
[56]Long-staple, Sea island, Egyptian cotton.
[57]Long staple, common Egyptian cotton.—Tr.
[58]Heglig, of Browne; Agihalid, of Adamson; the Balanites Egyptiaca in the Description de l’Egypte, publiée par Panckoucke. Forskael mentions the fruit of the eglit, but not the tree.—Tr.
[59]The Acacia.—Tr.
[60]Cucifera thebaica, in the Description de l’Egypte.—Tr.
[61]Faecher palme, Borassus flabelliformis, of Forskael.—Tr.
[62]“Peace be on you,” the greeting of peace, to which the response is, “On you be peace.” This is the salutation of Mooslims to each other only.—Vide, Lane’s Modern Egyptians, p. 273.—Tr.