[20] See the article Erkoom in the Appendix.
[21] See the article Wooginoos in the Appendix.
[22] Ras el Feel signifies the head of an elephant.
[23] Jibbel Achdar.
[24] The word signifies the Well of Caravans: I suppose of those which, like ours, bring salt into Atbara, for there is no other trade between the two nations.
[25] It is the custom, in all places where the governor is invested with supreme power, to have an arm-chair left empty in the middle of the hall where justice is administered, which represents the sovereign, and to which obeisance is made.
[26] The house where they keep their women.
[27] El coom, that is, all his servants.
[28] By this they mean Gog and Magog. We shall after see their belief concerning them.
[29] Which means a slave.