[45]See [note 22.]
[46]See [note 23.]
[47]See [note 24.]
[48]In reading the account of this island, as it is called, and of the people, it is impossible not to think on Meroë, and the Troglodytes of Herodotus. See [note 25.]
[49]Meaning, I suppose, that their periodical risings take place at the same time.
[50]By the four rivers are probably meant the branches of the Bahr el Azrek.
[51]If under the first mentioned river the Mogren is really to be understood, this statement is erroneous.
[52]See [note 26.]
[53]The Arabic geographers give the name of Zendj to the south-eastern coast of Africa, about Melinda and Mombaza; but the Zendj here meant, is a northern tribe in the Somauly or Abyssinian country. From Zendj, or as it is likewise pronounced Zeng, the term Zanguebar is no doubt derived.
[54]See [note 27.]