[75]See [note 34.]
[76]Masoudy says, that they are seven days journey from Goft, which is in the immediate neighbourhood of Kous; and it will be seen from the note 82, that he was right.
[77]See [note 35.]
[78]Mica, See [note 82.]
[79]See [note 36.]
[80]A similar custom, founded upon the same principle, prevails in Ashantee. See Bowdich’s Mission, p. 234, 254. Ed.
[81]See [note 37.]
[82]In my journey round the Dead Sea to Cairo, I remarked a similar custom prevalent among the Arabs of Kerek.
[83]From Seba, i. e. seven.
[84]From Aksum in Abyssinia.