536 INDEX.

King George IV. compared to the late emperor of Marocco, Muley Yezzid, 287. A patron to science and the arts, 429. KHiwa ait, or Kituvites, a tribe of Berebbers, 124. Kobtty or coba, 88. Koran, called the beloved book. Etymology of the word, 318. Incorrectly called the Alcoran, 1'Alcoran, or il Alcorano, 351. Written in good language, 353.

L.

Uaad of the Arabs described, 289. Language, etiquette of, at the court of Marocco, 315. Languages of Africa, 355-L'Araich, forest of. P'erry of, 125.

Laxios of insolvency, 343. iad mines, 331. Lead-ore mines, 331. Leather superior manufactory of, at Mequinas and Marocco, 217. Articles used in the manufacture of leather, 218. Leghorn, its indirect commerce with Timbuctoo, 255. Leper s town or village near Marocco, 90. Mendicant lepers, 91. Library at Fas, 324. Lions, country abounding in. Mode of destroying them. Preservation against, 115. Liquorice root, abundant in Suse, 74.

JLocM55, their incredible devastation described, 221. Mode of collecting them, 222. Used as food ; method of preparing them ; much esteemed as food, 222. Remarkable instance of these insects having devoured every blade of grass south of the river Elkos, but not north of that river, 223. Love, Arabian definition of, 363. Loyalty of the sheiks of Suse, 288. Of Muhamedans, 326. Ludaia are not Ludama, 507* Lybia palus and sea of Sudan synonymous, 448.

M.

Majesty, His, George IV. patron of science and the arts, 429. Compared to the late emperor Yezzid, 287. Mandinga language compared with the Arabic, 373.

Manufactures of Fas ; superior manufacture of gold-thread there, 214. Marabets, what, 511.