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INDEX.

ABABDE ARABS, the, 138; surrounded
by, 139.

Adam's apple-tree, 49.

Adowa described by Bruce, 181; Pa-
lace of Michael at, 181; interview
with Michael at, 182.
African trade with Europe, 397.

woman's kindness to Park, 482.

Agageer, the, 322.

593; Livingstone's remarks on his
discoveries, 605-613; his tribute
to David Livingstone, 607.
Bangweolo Lake, 600.
Banquet, an Abyssinian, 210, 211,
212, 230; manners at table, 231.
Barentz, William, 22; life and suf-
ferings at Spitzbergen, 23, 24; death
of, 24.

Agows, manners and customs of the, Barra, the kingdom of, 387; trade of
284; religion of the, 289.
the natives in salt, 387.

Alexandria described by Bruce, 110; Bethlehem, 53; birthplace of our

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ploration, pleasures and perils of, Burrough's voyage to Nova Zembla,

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Chatham, Lord, makes proposals to
Bruce, and resigns office, 97.
Chendi, the village of, 352.
Clapperton and Denham's African
Expedition, 583.

Convent of Mount Sinai, 51.

Cosseir, marbles of, 137.

Cow, raw flesh of, eaten, 186.

Fountains of the Blue Nile, Bruce's
arrival at, 281; described, 285.
Franklin, Lieutenant, explorations
on Coppermine River, 27; suf-
ferings of Explorers, 28.

Sir John, sails for the north,
36; letter to Colonel Sabine, 36;
fate of, 38.

Crocodile, killing a, 338; bitten by Frobisher, Martin: his endeavours to

a, 577.

Cyprus, storm off, 384.

DAMASCUS, 63.

Dangerous predicament, a, 323.
Daroo tree, under a, 177.

Dead Sea, the, 60.

Dendera, 122; ruins of temples, 122;
crocodile at, 123; the Saint of,
123, 124.

find a north-west passage, 18, 19,

20.

Furshout described by Bruce, 125.

GALILEE, plains of, 61.
Galla blessing, a, 273.

Gambia, the, 391; manners and
customs of the natives on the,
391.

Game, great quantity of, 260.

Denham and Clapperton's African German Polar Expedition, 39.

Explorations, 583.

Desert of Sennaar crossed by Bruce,
373.

Difficulties of Nile Explorations, 268.

Dixan, the village of, described by

Bruce, 175.

Dragon, the, of Cos, 45.

Ghost on board ship, 156; how to
lay a ghost, 157.

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, voyages of,
20; death of, 21.
Gold, African, 537, 542.

Gondar, entered by Bruce, 198; de-
scribed by, 247.

Drawings made in Abyssinia by Goree, Park's departure from, 574-

Bruce, 377.

Drinking of healths strange, 283.

Dutch Expedition to the North,

22.

EGGS, the hatching of, at Cairo, 49.
Egypt described by Mandeville, 48;
Bruce's arrival in, 110.

Elephant hunting in Abyssinia, 321.
Etna, 49.

Greek priest of Cyprus, 99; his pro-
motion, 99.

HALIFAX, Lord, proposes a journey
to Bruce, 98.
Hamhamoou, 172.

| Harem, interior of a, 343.

Hayes, Dr., his discovery of open
Polar Sea, 39.

Hearne's Explorations at Hudson's
Bay, 26.

FASIL, Bruce's interview with, 267; Heliopolis, or City of the Sun, 48.

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Hyæna, a troublesome, 326.
Hybeer, or guide, the, 355.

ILALA, Livingstone's death at, 605.
India, described by Mandeville, 72.
Iteghe, the Bruce's interview with,
at Gondar, 201, 202.
Ivory, African, 537, 542.

JALLA, DEMBA SEGO, interview with,
428.

Jaloffs, the, 393.
Jericho, 59.

Jerusalem, the way to, 44; described

by Mandeville, 54-59.

Jidda, the harbour of, 146.

letters from, 600; first sight of lake
Bemba, 600; speculations as to the
real sources of the Nile, 601; ar-
rival at Tanganyika, 602; at Ujiji,
and arrival of H. M. Stanley, 604;
illness and death-scene at Ilala,
605; body brought to England,
and interment in Westminster, 607;
letters on slave-trade, etc., 607-633.
Lotus, the, 435.

Luxor, Bruce at, 128.

MANDEVILLE, Sir JOHN: his travels,
42-96.

Mandingoes, the, 394, 395, 401;
stories told by, 400.

Jillifrey, Park's first arrival at, 387; Masuah, the port of, 159; the Naybe

his second arrival at, 575.

Job, the land of, 70.

Jumper, the, a notorious robber, 274.

of, 162.

Mecca, 48.

Medina, 402.

Mocha, the town of, 152.

KALAHARI Desert crossed by Living- Mohammed, the life of, 66.

stone, 594.

Kantuffa thorn, the, 235, 280, 298.
Kazé, Burton's illness at, 589.
Kenné visited by Bruce, 133.
Krapf, Dr.: his explorations in Eastern
Africa, 587.

LANDER, RICHARD: his explorations
on the Niger, 584, 585.
Lango, dragon of, 45.
Latitude and longitude of the fountains

of the Blue Nile, 285.
Lion, frightened by a, 488.
Livingstone, David, crosses the Kala-
hari Desert, 594; explorations on
the Zambesi, 595; on lake Nyassa,
596; on the Rovuma River, 597;
death of Mrs. Livingstone, 597;
further researches on the Zambesi
and Shiré, 597, 598; return to Eng-
land, 598; departure for Zanzibar,
599; expedition equipped by the
Royal Geographical Society, 599;
rumour of Livingstone's death, 599;

Mombaz, missionaries at, 594.
Monkish blessing, a, 318.

Moors, the, 446, 447, 450, 457,
462; Park's captivity among, 446;
escape from the, 470.

Moss, hope derived from sight of, by
Park, 507.

Mother, an African, grief of, 436.
Mount Tabor, 63.

Sinai, 51; convent of, 51.
Murchison, Sir Roderick, and Liv-
ingstone Search Expedition, 599.

NAZARETH, 62.

Negro slave, burial of a, 502; bridal
customs, 519; baptism of children,
521; division of time, 522; reli-
gious opinions, 523; diseases and
medicines, 524; music, love of,
526; art of weaving, etc., 530.
Niger, the, Park's arrival at, 480;
towns on the, 490-493; Park's death
in the, 581.

Nile, an army crossing the, 262; a

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Sen the town of described, 430
Senmaz. Brice's reception in 339:
position of women in 345; sol of
345; the Nile, 22, 340: dress, 340;
temperature. 347; sufferings in the
desert of 373-

Shaw's travels, remarks on, 102.
Steak Nmmer visited by Bruce,

129.

Shibo tribes, the, 171.
Sare ver, the, 506.
Shooting extraordinary, 224
Smoon, a, 359

Sitting, interview with, at Chendi,

354

Slave cofile, a, 478, 555, 565.
Slave trade, the African, 398; Living-
stone's letters on, 607-633-
Slavery, some of the causes of, 535-
Small-pox, Abyssinian, remedies for,

201; remedies adopted by Bruce,
203-

Socinios, brutality of, 293.
Speke, Captain, journey to South
Africa, 588; first sight of Lake Tan-
ganyika, 589.
Stoning to death, 225.

Storm near Ptolemais, 104.
Sultan of Babylonia, the, 46.

Summary execution, a, 299.

Syené, Bruce's arrival at, 131; inter-
view with the Aga of, 131.

Ras, Michael, palace of, 181; Bruce's TACAZZE RIVER, the, 189, 357.

meeting with, 205.

Tanganyika, discovery of lake, 589.

Taranta, the mountain of, 173; diffi- WARS in Africa described by Park,

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