[9] See plate 3.

[10] See plate 6.

[11] I have already observed that Nile is a generic term and does not necessarily apply to the Egyptian river.

[12] Wooden locks and keys are also used in Egypt and Nubia.

[13] See the plan of a private house. Plate 5, Figs. 4. 5.

[14] It is doubtful whether the English traveller would have expressed himself in this manner.

[15] The value of the gold mitkhal is about twelve francs, and the silver mitkhal about four.

[16] It was the Moors of the tribe of Zawât, who assassinated Major Laing.

[17] The Hoden of the maps.

[18] Hedysarum alhagi.