[275a] Riad means a garden. In Andalusia it is still used under the form of Arriate.
[275b] The haik is supposed to be the Roman Toga, and it is certainly very like it.
[282a] “Wind drinkers,” Shrab-er-Reh in Arabic, is the term applied in the Sahara to the best breed of horses.
[282b] Geographers seem to have overlooked Ben Joul, perhaps without due cause.
[283] A palm tree is said by the Arabs to grow with its roots in water and its head in fire.
[285] Called Retam by the Arabs, and Retama by the Spaniards.
[288] The Tuaregs in writing Tamashek use a character of their own, but this is unknown to the Shillah.