THE END.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] These planks are sawed; of this, at least, I think I am certain. The natives are indebted to the Moors for the knowledge of the saw. Wood is so scarce in this country that it is necessary to make a tree produce as many planks as possible.
[2] An abbreviation of Moubark.
[3] This custom also prevails on the Senegal.
[4] The word Nile is generic, as are also the terms Bahr’Bâ, Kouara, and many similar names.
[5] Like the shields of the ancient Egyptians.
[6] When I wrote in the desert, I sat down and placed on my knees some leaves of the Koran, which I was supposed to be copying and studying. See plate 3.
[7] Of about two feet.
[8] See plates 4 and 5.