CONTENTS- XXI

An Account of the Rise, Progress, and Decrease of the

Plague that ravaged West and South Barhary, in 1 799,

faithfidly extracted from Letters ^written before and

during its E^tistence, by the House of James Jackson Sf

Co., 07^ by James G. Jackson, at Mogodoi', to their

Cotrespondents in Europe - - Page 15&

Letter from His Excellency James M. Matra to Mr.

Jackson - - - - - 163

An Account of a peculiar Species of Plague which

depopulated West and South Barbaryin 1799 and 1800,

to the Effects of which the Author was an eye-witness

166

Cases of Plague - - - - 180

Observations respecting the Plague that prevailed

last Year in West Barbary, M'hich was imported from Egypt ; communicated by the Author to the Editor

of the Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science, and

the Arts, edited at the Royal Institution of Great

Britain, No. 15, published October, 1819 186

Journey from Tangier to Rabat, through the Plains of

Seboo, in Company with Doctor Bell and the Prince Muley Teib and an Army of Cavahy - . 191

Officiated as Interpreter between the Prince and Dr.

Bell. — Description of Food sent to us by the Prince. — The Plains of M'sharrah Rummellah, an incom-

parably fine and productive Country. — The Cavalry of

the Amorites ; — their unique Observations on Dr.

Bell : their mean opinion of his Art, because he could

not cure Death.— Passage of the River Seboo on Rafts

of inflated Skins. — Spacious tent of Goat's Hair

erected for the Sheik, and appropriated to the Use of

the Prince. — Description of the magnificent Plains of

M'sharrah Rummellah and Seboo Arabian Royalty, — Prodigious Quantity of Corn grown in these Plains. — Matamores, what they are. — Mode of Reaping,

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