INDEX. 527 Angola natives of, how converted to Christianity, 442.

Anti-commercial system, 211.

Antiperistasis of the Africans, how promoted, 230. Antimony mines y 331. Anecdote of an Emperor, 307. Anecdotes, fragments, and notes, 276.

Antithesis, a favourite figure with the Arabs, 349. Apparel of the emperor, plain and simple, 79. Arabs, cookery of, 64. Riches of, in what they consist, 247. Dance and music, 140. Abstinence of, 141. Beauty of their women, 142. Patriarchal life of, 143. 196. Arab royalty personified, 195. Customs of, 244. Of Sahara, hostile to those who do not understand their language, 262. The manners of, resemble those of the patriarchal ages, 276. The study of their language and customs the best comment on the Old Testament, 276. Their territory and origin, 328. Decay of science and arts among, 352.

. , sheiks of, hold themselves accountable for the property, baggage, &c. of travellers, 233. Arabic document distributed by Mr. Bowdich in Africa, to the natives, unintelligible, 492.

language, on the, 471. The language of Palestine resembles that of West Barbary, 473.

•, general utility of, a practical knowledge of in Africa, 258. On the language, 357. Arabian music, 318. Arabic grammar, errors in Richardson's, 351. Pure Arabic, where spoken, 351. Arabian modes of writing, 350. Errors committed by professors of, who have not a practical knowledge of the language, 39.

, universality of the, 473. translations of documents in, furnished to government by the author, 407. —— manuscripts, 3000 taken by the Spaniards, 520.

interpreter, the author officiates as, with the prince Muley Teib, 192. Architecture described, 90. Gothic prevails, 271. Argan tree, and oil of, 510.

' trees, oil of the, productive of leprosy if not properly prepared, 91. Ashantee, intercourse through, with Timbuctoo objectionable, and why, 249. Atlas, foot of, a productive country, 74. Table land in, and produce of, 75. Narrow defile or pass, 76. Calculated altitude of, 93.

AttariteSf or Ait Attar, a tribe of Berebbers, 124.