512 VARIOUS LETTERS " The Mouselmines is a French corruption of the term Musehnan, i. e. Mohamedans. " Mongearts, i. e. Moguert, the g guttural. " OuadeUm, i. e. Wooled Deleim, or the sons of De emy.

" Labdessebah, i. e. Woled Abbusebah, * the sons of Abbusebah.'

" Wed de Non, i, e. Wedinoon. "The herb, with a decoction ofwhich they dye their nails and hands, is called by the Arabs El Henna : it imparts a coolness and softness to the hands, and diminishes the excessive perspiration incident to warm climates.'

" Hooled ben Soliman ought to be Woled ben Soliman, * the sons ofthe sons of Soliman ;* and Benioled, should be Ben El Waled, * the sons of Elwaled.'

" The small beautiful species of deer, is the El Horreh : it is an inhabitant of the confines of the Saharah ; it is said never to lie down. It produces the anti-poison called bezoar stone, (called in the Arabic Bide El Horrek, i. e. the testicle of the Horreh. This is an article of commerce at Santa Cruz, and Wedinoon. The back and sides of the skins of these animals are of a red brown, and of a vivid white underneath."

* *» Vide Leyden's Africa, p. 262. » Ibid. p. 291.

Ibid. p. 299. » Ibid, p. 303.