[85] A kind of tamarisk.
[89] We were told that this inscription related to hidden treasure, a common fancy among the Arabs who cannot read.
[110] Jebel el Tawîl.
[162] A diagram, showing what a section of the Nefûd would be like, is given in the geographical notes, Vol. ii., page 248.
[174] These were no doubt the Egyptians of Ibrahim Pasha’s army, left behind at Aneyzeh.
[203a] Query.—May not these be the spiral markings noticed by Mr. Palgrave, and attributed by him to the wind, in his description of a certain maelstrom in the Nefûd?
[210] More probably a fanner.
[218] The danger to Mohammed is a personal one on account of the blood he has shed, not an official one, for, as Emir, he is adored by his subjects.
[221] The Nawab was in fact detained a prisoner at Haïl for about two months. But this we did not at the time know; nor was any allusion made by Ibn Rashid to the circumstance.
[223] To travel with a hawk is a sign of nobility.