[18]There is no distinction made in these countries between villages and towns. Every inhabited place of any size is called Beled, and a small hamlet Nezle. The word Medineh (city or town) is never applied to any place in this part of Soudan.
[19]يُسَبّحِ باِلحصوةِ صَمَدَهِ. Musulmans, in praying over their beads say; “Praise be to God;” as they pass each bead through their fingers.
[20]The Μεγαβάροι, perhaps, of Strabo.
[21]The vizier of Sennaar, of the Adelan family, is said to be the real master there, while the king has a mere shadow of authority.
[22]In Egypt, the meal of the Tormos is used as a substitute for soap in washing the head and body.
[23]The trade in ostrich feathers is one of the most complicated in the markets of Africa: at Cairo the feathers are assorted into several different qualities, and parcels are made up by the Jews (who alone understand the trade well), containing portions of every kind. Each parcel of ten pounds weight must contain one pound of the finest and whitest sort, one pound of the second quality, also white, but of a smaller size, and eight pounds of the sorts called Jemina, Bajoca, Coda, and Spadone, the last of which is black, and of little value. The market price of white sorted feathers is at present (1816) two hundred and eighty piastres per rotolo, or pound, or two thousand eight hundred piastres, each parcel of ten pounds.
[24]The Editor saw it growing in the island of Elephantine.
[25]The same name is given to cinnamon, which is here called Kerfé Hindy.
[26]Berr, originally meaning “continent,” is a word often used to indicate the whole extent of the Soudan countries.
[27]The Arabs say سَنط and سُنط.