510 VARIOUS LETTERS Buska govern itself in the extent of its movement, but necessarily goes as far as its strength will permit, and then coils itself up again in a circular form, again erects its head, and darts a second time to its object. I have conversed with Arabs, who have been attacked by this monster, and they have assured me, that, by vigilantly watching its motion, and the direction of its head, when preparing to dart forward, they may escape its attack."

" It is not correct to assert that Nasari is a general terruy applied to infidels in Muhamed ; it is applied to Christians only. Kqffer is the general term applied to all who have not faith in the Arabian Prophet.''

" That which you call the Talk Tree, is the tree which produces the Barbary gum j the name is talh," " The Keydenalu— This is the Sudanic name for the tree which produces the Argan nut, or olive, the kernel of which resembles a bitter almond, and from it not from the shell, they extract the oil, so celebrated for frying fish, and for burning ; a pint of which will afford light as long as two pints of olive oil.

" The She plant, or properly Sheh is not wild thyme, nor does it resemble it, it is the wormseed plant, the seed of which is an article of exportation, from the ports of Marocco. The " Vide Leyden's Africa, p. 306. « Ibid, p. 429.

y Ibid, p. 204.