[63]Buffaloes.—Tr.
[64]The oschour of Burckhardt and Browne.—Tr.
[65]Of the Acacia, according to Burckhardt’s Travels in Nubia, p. 264.—Tr.
[66]Girbe.—Tr.
[67]Vid. [Chapter xix.]
[68]The Kashef, or impression of the seal, is customary over the whole of the East, and a signature, although in the handwriting of the individual, does not render a document, or other paper, valid unless it be at the same time sealed with the Kashef, or initials of the writer.
[69]An expression in use among the natives of Egypt, Syria, and Arabia, to denote an amusement and every description of ornament or pomp; thus the women are said to have a fantasia on their heads or dress, as they go out to witness a fantasia.
[70]Wind and heat cause a diminution in the weight of the gum before it reaches Cairo.
[71]Cisme, or shishme, a small grain of the size and shape of the smallest lentil of a deep black shining colour is imported from Darfour. It is pulverized and rubbed into the eyelids for complaints of the eye.—Burckhardt’s Travels in Nubia, p. 262.—Tr.
[72]Vide the following chapters.