224:-their hospitality to strangers,
ii. 579

Bedoueen Dance, ii. 578:- women, ii.
227, 241, 578:- origin of the
term (see Berber, Bisharien, Mugh-
'rebyn, Phoenician, &c.), ii. 578
Beds and bed-furniture in Egypt, i. 321
Beersheba, a city of Judea, ii. 285
Beggars of Egypt (see Cairo), i. 64,
175, 189, 191, 260; ii. 369, 436,
524: -- of Malta, i. 3
Behnesèh, village of, ii. 371
Beilan, romantic scenery of the Town
and pass of, ii. 196, 198
Beit-ed-Dein at Mount Lebanon, ii.
110, 636

Beit-el-Mâ, its groves, streamlets, and
luxuriant meadows, ii. 196
Bekaa, Valley of the; its wandering
tribes, ii. 109, 110

Believers, True, ii. 330, 355, 401
Bel-al-Agah, mysterious death of, i.
412; ii. 211

Bell, Mr., of Cairo, i. 285

Belliard, the French General, i. 256
Bells in the East, i. 346, 366; ii. 330
Bellyânèh, in Nubia; village and
island of, ii. 469

Belmore, the Earl, his researches and
discoveries, ii. 535, 538, 546, 548,
628

Belzoni, G. B., Esq.; his labours and

discoveries, ii. 274 to 278, 412, 419,
422, 423, 430, 463, 465, 504, 550:—
and the "Talisman," i. 78
"Benbow," H.B.M.'s Ship (74), Capt.
Stewart, ii. 176, 473
Beni Ali, village of, ii. 368
Beni-Hassan, caverns of, their de-
lineations and sculpture, ii. 373:-
old town and modern village of, ii.
373

Beni Soûeff, the port of the Faioum, i.
241; ii. 369, 370, 570:-its general
aspect, plantations, and quay, ii.
369, 570:-its government and
manufactories, hospital, barracks,
and bazaar, ii. 369, 570:- fertility
of the district, corn-crops, and
sugar plantations of, ii. 369, 570
Benjamites and the Virgins of Shiloe,
i. 220

Berabera (Berber Arabs), meaning of
the term, ii. 471
Berber Arabs, their physiognomy,
character, and origin, ii. 287, 471,
480, 481, 519

Berber Women, head-dresses of, ii.
506, 523

language, ii, 452

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Berenice, the ancient port of, ii. 402,
442.

Berthier, the French General, i. 256
Berthollet, the French General, i. 256
Beth Shemish, i. 385

Beyrout, the ancient Berytus, chief
port of Syria, the commercial in-
terests of, i. 56, 110, 465:-Impor-
tant letter of the resident English
merchants to N. Moore, Esq., H.B.
M.'s Consul at, i. 465, 466: - the
defeat of Ibrahim Pascha by the
Allies, and subsequent taking of,
i. 434

Bezor, river of, ii. 285

Biban el Molook, the Gate of the
"Royal Valley," a district of
Thebes, (see Tombs of the Kings),

ii. 409

Bible, (see Holy Writ), i. 95, 227, 246,
324; ii. 247, 433, 499, 580:- the
best guide-book in Egypt, Syria,
and Palestine, i. 94:-allegories,
parables, and colloquies, ii. 301
Bible Society of London, (see Mis-
sionaries), i. 324

Bibles, distribution of, (see Chris-
tianity), i. 324; ii. 51

Bills of Mortality, statistics of the,
ii. 167

Bir, on the Euphrates, ii. 197
"Bir, Inglese," or warm Fountain of
the Ghauts, ii. 403

"Bird Mountains" of Arabia, ii. 271,
272

Birds of" ill omen," ii. 326, 333
Birds of prey, ii. 333.

Birbè, the chief town of the Nubian
frontier, ii. 445, 450, 452

Birket el Had'gj, the "Lake of the
Pilgrims," ii. 577

Biscay, the Bay of, a lad overboard
in the," i. 23

Bisharien Arabs, ii. 440, 483, 498

Desert, ii. 483:- gold mines of,
ii. 483

Bitumen, ii. 296, 297, 390
Bivouacs on the Nile, ii. 434, 459
Black, Dr. (the late), his discovery of
the principle and phenomena of
latent heat, ii. 166

Black eyes, i. 215, 231, 352; ii. 236,
241, 258

Blessings of the Magi, ii. 342
Blighted Ambition, i. 292, 447

Blind, the, i. 197, 238, 260, 339; ii.
369, 401, 436, 522

Blood-letting, fatal antipathy of Mo-
hammedans to, i. 311:-in China,
Persia, and Turkey, i. 311

Boat-building on the Nile, i. 505
Boatmen of the Nile, i. 177, 199, 230,
238, 506; ii. 122, 361, 367, 392,
394, 408, 434, 436, 440, 458, 459,
481, 482, 503, 509 to 515, 569, 570,
595:-immunity to the, i. 199
Boat-songs of the Arabs, i. 239; ii.
400, 408

Bocchoris, his detention and pur-
suit of the Israelites, and supposed
identity with the King who was
drowned in the Red Sea, ii. 425
Bogaz, port, and fortifications of
Râschid (see Rosetta), i. 113, 168,
173, 174

Bogaz and Port of Dimyât: danger-
ous navigation of the Coast (see
Damietta), ii. 606 to 609
Boghos Youssouff Bey, Minister of
Commerce, and Drogueman en Chèf
to Mohammed Ali, i. 97, 201, 398,
447; ii. 96, 126, 215, 630, 636:
outline of his history and avoca-
tions, i. 99

Boils and Blains, ii. 89, 381, 585
Bolbitinum, site of, i. 188

Bomba, Port of, i. 36

Bondage of the Egyptians (see Pha-
raohs), i. 114, 117; ii. 26

Israelites (see Hebrews, also Cap-
tivity), i. 117; ii. 6, 26
Bonds-Women (see Hareém), ii. 223,
226, 231

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Bonomi, J. Esq., his residence at
Thebes, his pursuits, his generosity,
and philanthropy, ii. 182, 403, 405,
483, 526, 555, 563, 564, 566 : — his
interview and correspondence with
M. Champollion, ii. 422
Boolak, the port of Cairo, i. 260; ii.
123, 265, 361, 362: first arrival
at, i. 257-a night at, i. 259, 284;
ii. 362:- suburbs of (see Cairo), i.
264, 270:- custom house and
quay, store-houses, and factories, ii.
265, 361, 575:- - mosque, barracks,
and arsenal of, ii. 361: - lithogra-
phic establishment at, ii, 361:-
embarkation at, ii. 360, 589, 598
Boreani, Signor, his account of the
gold mines of Fazogloo, ii. 630
Borderers, independent, restless, and
jealous spirit of, ii. 501

of Ethiopia, ii. 500, 501
Boring for water in the wilderness, i.
387, 497; ii. 132, 382, 581
Bosc, Mons. ii. 319

Bosphorus, passage of the, ii. 101
Bostangee, or sentinels (see Cairo,
Alexandria, and Rosetta), i. 271

Briggs, Brothers, Thurban & Co.,
Messrs. i. 7, 113; ii. 122, 209, 245
"Bristol of London," the, i. 7; ii.
244, 589 to 591: - Passengers on
board the, i. 18

British Dominions, extent and impor-
tance of the, ii. 166, 358

Intercourse with India, Egypt,
Africa, China, and Hindostan, the
extension of, ii. 165, 166, 358, 617

Influence in the Levant, i, 48,
438, 500; ii. 27 to 29, 49, 136, 159
"Union Jack," the, i. 177, 182,
216; ii. 185, 375, 394, 430, 436, 568,

569

Arms, success of the, i. 90, 434
to 438; ii. 159, 472

Blue Jackets, i. 257, 370; ii.
116, 218

Brooks of Egypt, i. 242

Broumanha on Mount Lebanon, vil-
lage of, i. 468

Chiefs of, (see Emirs of the
Druses)

Bowring, Dr. his mission to the East,
i. 416-his interposition on behalf
of the Negroes, ii. 632
Bow-string (see Strangulation.)
Bracelets, armlets, necklaces, and
rings (see Ornaments.)

Bradford, Cornelius, Esq., formerly
Consul for the U.S.A. at Lyons, in
France, i. 13, 15; ii. 316, 361, 457,
480, 482, 513, 566, 610, 611: - his
conversation with Ibrahim Pascha,
i. 126: his departure from Cairo,
and embarkation for Palestine, ii.
580, 589:- his illness and decease,
ii. 40, 47,597 :-the author's first in-
telligence of the event, and tribute
to his memory, ii. 467, 610
Brahmin Bull, (see Mythology)
Brave, tribute to the, i. 451
Bravery, characteristics of true, ii. 465
Bread of the Egyptians (see Wheat), i.
110, 200; ii. 567

Brettell, Mr. an English engineer, i.
121

Breuverie, Mons. de, ii. 47, 407, 481,
610

"Briareus" of the Egyptian Monu-
ments (see Mythology.)
Bribery and extortion (see Exaction),

i 244, 425; ii. 4, 56, 63, 80, 154,612
Brougham, Lord, his statements in
Parliament respecting slave-hunt-
ing as practised by Mohammed
Ali (see ii. 629); ii. 347
Browne, W. G. Esq., writings of, ii.
414, 428, 566

Brueys, the French Admiral, i. 251
B'shirrai, and the cedars of Lebanon,
the romantic regions of, ii. 110
Bubastes, Temple of Diana at, i. 238;
ii. 600

Bucharis, site of, i. 146

Budha in India, temples of, ii. 289
Buffaloes of Egypt, i. 188, 354; ii.
460, 497

Bugs of Egypt, i. 66, 170
"Bulls without blemish," ii. 427
Buonaparte, Napoleon, i. 250, 251,
256,365, 375, 414; ii. 280, 554,555,
577:- His landing and progress in
Egypt; the taking of Alexandria;
ascent of the Nile; encounter with
the Mamlûk Beys; their defeat and
slaughter at Rahmanièh, Chebreisse,
and the Pyramids; privations of
the French, and harassing incur-
sions of the Bedoueens; the Em-
peror's victorious entré of Cairo,
and the retreat of Murad Bey; his
subsequent attack on Acre, and re-
pulse by Smith and Nelson; the
discontent of his troops, and return
to Europe, i. 251, 255 to 259:-his
conduct and policy, i. 257:- his
proclamation at Cairo, and pre-
tended reverence for the Moham-
medan religion, i. 257:-his exer-
tions in the cause of civilization;
his temperate, judicious, and con-
ciliatory measures, i. 257
Burckhardt, Jno. Lewis, Esq. (the
late) his character and disposition,
his attainments, habits, travels, his-
tory, and death, i. 291, 302; ii. 444,
459, 461, 463, 464, 471, 481, 491,
628, 629:-tribute to the memory
of, ii. 322, 628, 629:-his grave, ii.
322, 323, 628

Burnes, Sir Alexander (the late), his
philanthropy, ii. 245, 594

Burning of the "Mansoura" ship of
the line, ii. 20

Burnoos, or Barbery mantle, i. 294,
318, 320

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Burton, James, Esq. his scientific in-
vestigations and discoveries, i. 176;
ii. 541

Burial of the dead (see Mohammedan
Funeral Obsequies), i. 205, 227; ii.
47, 87

Burying alive, i. 124, 205

the dead in dwelling-houses, ii.
334

Busiris, Temple of Isis at, i. 238
Bus'rah on the Euphrates, i. 505; ii.
197

Buto, shrine of the goddess; her in-
tercession with Isis for mankind (see
Bubastes), ii. 424, 425

Buzzards of the East, ii. 518

Caaba (see Kaaba)

C.

Cabalistic Art, ii. 342

Cabool; vocal statues and Oracle of
Baniyan in, ii. 550
Cachoûcha Dance, i. 216
Cactus, the, ii. 388

Cadelvène, Mons. De, ii. 407, 481, 610
Cadj, ii. 14, 24, 75, 348, 600
Cæsar's Palace at Alexandria, i. 141
Caftân, or dress of the civilian, 267,
300, 324

Caiaphas, the High Priest of the
Jews, ii. 327

Cain and Abel, ii. 428, 606
Caipha in Palestine, ii. 181, 204:

the taking of, i. 434

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Caireen Conductors, i. 270, 281, 378
Cairo; its general aspect and moral
condition, i. 273, 274, 282, 330; ii.
286, 362, 599: - from the Boolak
road, i. 260; ii. 247:- from the
Shoobrah road, ii. 247:- gardens,
kiosks, summer-houses, and suburbs
of, ii. 247, 362, 575: -streets and
habitations, i. 273, 274 to 276, 298,
328, 389; ii. 215, 321, 325 : -
Et-Maidan, or Great Square of (see
Ez-Bequièh): London and Paris,
i. 274, 275, 328, 389:- watching,
lighting, and cleansing, i. 330:—
káleeg, or canal, fountains, and
cisterns, i. 322, 325, 330, 341, 354,
406; ii. 575:- ceremony of opening
the canal, ii. 362 :-the "Scheikh's
Fountain" at, ii 322, 325, 577:
Saracen aqueduct, hydraulic ma-
chine, and water-wheels, ii. 250,
264:
the British Consulate, i.
281 ii. 360; the Franks and
Frank quarter, i. 281, 283, 366; ii.

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599:-Mugh'rebyn quarter, ii. 250:
- the Jews' quarter, ii. 318 :—ac-
commodation for travellers, i. 281,
283, 500:
- mosques and minarets
(see Mosques), i. 330,341,345; ii. 260,
264-public baths, i. 330:-con-
vents (see Convents):-manufacto-
ries (see Cairo Citadel), i. 316:—
barracks and military hospitals (see
Government Schools), i. 330, 387,
432; ii. 264-Mouritan, or" House
of Incurables," asylum for cripples,
the aged, epileptic and paralytic, i.
335, 339:-asylum for the blind, i.
348-Medresseh, or Mohammedan
College, i. 349: native schools, i.
330, 349: Wakeleh, or slave
market, ii. 240, 348:-Citadel and
fortifications, i. 341, 351, 365; ii.
264, 322, 361:-associations called
forth by the view from the ram-
parts, i. 350, 356, 357:— supply
of water to the, i. 353, 406; ii. 250:—
government works, viz. the Mint,
printing-office, canon-foundry, iron-
works, steam engines, &c. i. 351, 364,
432-royal palace and Seraglio, i.
351-the Court of the Mamluks,
i. 351, 391 :-Council Chamber and
"Hall of Audience," i. 392: ii. 2 to
6, 214" Hall of the Khaliphs,"
i. 355:-"Joseph's Well," i. 353: -
panoramic views, i. 341, 350, 356;
ii. 247, 251:-" Bab-El-Nass'r," ii.
322, 325:-destruction of the stone
lions at the gates of, ii. 304 :-ceme-
teries (see Sepulchres), i. 382; ii.
322, 324, 325:- mausolea of the
Mamluks, ii. 320 :-of the Khaliphs,
ii. 247, 320:-of the Saracen Chiefs,
ii. 321-mausoleum of Mohammed
Ali, ii. 323-literary institution, i.
93-beggars, i. 331; ii. 575:-
population, i. 330:
cond visit, ii. 574
Cambyses, King of Persia, ii. 249, 414,
499, 550:-conquest of Egypt, ii.
310, 415

- Author's se-

Camel, i. 46, 192, 261 to 263, 279; ii.

186, 263, 265, 341, 459: — - distinc-
tion between the dromedary and, i.
263-food, habits, endurance of
fatigue, want of water, &c., i. 263;
ii. 400: intelligence, sagacity,
and instinct of, i. 263; ii. 263, 325,
400:-war, i. 263:-drivers, i. 267:
-method of mounting, ii. 400
Camels, hiring of, ii. 421, 577: - rate
of travelling by, i. 263 :-strings of,
ii. 189-attachment of the Arabs
to their, i. 263; ii. 400

Campaigns of 1801 and 1806, under
Generals Abercrombie, Hutchinson,
Wilson, and Fraser, aided by Ad-
mirals Keith and Nelson (see Buo-
naparte), i. 142, 150, 159, 171:-ad-
vantages arising from the, i. 257,258

in Turkey and Greece (see Turk-
ish Empire), i. 420
Campbell, Colonel, formerly H. B. M.
Consul General in Egypt, i. 142,
427 to 430

Canaan and Canaanites, ii. 285, 287:
--expulsion of the Philistines from,
ii. 287

Canal of Canopus, i. 154

Cleopatra or Mahmoudieh, i. 113,
116, 168, 189, 502; ii. 597
Ez-Bequièh (see Cairo), i. 385
Mansourah, ii. 600
Menouf, i. 243

the Pyramids (see Bah'r Yous-
sôuff).

Sesostris, near Cairo, ii. 577, 638
Canals of Egypt (see Irrigation), i. 242,
245; ii. 371

Cand'gias or boats of the Nile, i. 177,

191, 321; ii. 247, 363, 367, 383,
385, 408, 445, 448, 459, 470, 510,
514, 517, 569, 575:-hiring of, re-
quisite precautions, i. 160, 161, 298,
321, 322

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-

Candia or Crete, i. 29, 53; ii. 204:
population of, i. 469 :-Mohammed
Ali's late policy in, ii. 207 :-insur-
rections in, i. 122, 469; ii. 143, 207,
635- persecution of the inhabit-
ants; their appeal to the English,
ii. 207: remonstrance of the
French Consul in their behalf, ii.
208: - execution of the Greek Pa-
triarch, ii. 208 :-Mustapha Pascha,
the governor, ii. 91, 207 :-blockade
of (see Campaigns, ii. 122: -pro-
clamations of the European Consuls
in, i. 469, 470

Candidates for office, i. 98
Canea in Candia, ii. 206
Cannon-foundry (see Cairo Citadel)
Canopic branch of the Nile (see Hera-
clion), i. 152, 158, 159; ii. 590

gate and fosse of Alexandria, i.
109, 154
Canopus, ferry, and site of, i. 152, 154,
158; ii. 590, 597: - Temple of Ju-
piter at, i. 154

pilot of Menelaus, i. 152
Canterbury, Archbishop of, his exer-
tions in the cause of Christianity, ii.
159, 617

Caphtor and Caslûh, sons of Mis'r, ii.
286

Capitani, or Reis of the Nile, their
habits and manœuvres, i. 160, 177,
179, 180, 183, 185; ii. 345, 361,362,
407, 517, 569

Captive, the Georgian, ii. 232
Captivity, ii. 226, 286, 350, 354, 357,
422, 497, 498, 541, 544, 552, 557,
559

Caravan of the Desert, i. 158; ii. 263,
264, 518, 590, 621 :-departure and
halt of, ii. 325, 400, 401, 577

to Mekka (see Pilgrims), ii. 393,
403

route between Khenèh and the
Red Sea, ii. 292

Caravans to Dongola and Sennaar, ii.
435-plundering of, i. 440
Caravanserai, or Kervanserai, inns of
the East (see Khan).

of India, ii. 587

Carlo Rosetti and the salt trade, i. 244
Carne, J. Esq., writings of, ii. 195
Carnival at Alexandria, i. 127, 131
Caribbee Islands, means by which the
inhabitants flatten the foreheads of
their children, i. 194
Carthage, Ancient, ii. 287
Cassia Keshta, i. 81, 228
Castanets, i. 216

Castel Nuovo, i. 5

Castello Rosso and the "Seven Caps,"
i. 56, 453

Castle-building and "building castles,"
i. 129

Castle Ibrim in Nubia, situation and
taking of, i. 409; ii. 462, 483
Castor-oil plant, the Kharwah, Rici-
nus, or Palma-Christi, ii. 204, 388,
436, 461, 463, 491, 496, 521
Cataból in Abyssinia, ii. 244
Catacombs of the Nile, reflections to
which they give rise (see Sepulchres),
ii. 295

Cataract, the, ii. 262

Cataracts, or rapids of the Nile, i. 296;

ii. 444-rocky plains, and govern-
ment of the, ii. 441, 473:-vegeta-
tion, islets, sunken rocks, and crags
of the, ii. 443, 478 to 480, 507, 510
to 514, 517-rock-blasting, (see
Quarries), ii. 631:-passing the, ii.
407,515

of Syene, or first falls, ii. 444,
451-ascent of the, ii. 445, 447,
448, 459, 515:- descent of the, ii.
509 to 515

480

Haalfa, or second falls, ii. 478 to

Captain of the, his responsibility
and tribute to the Viceroy, ii. 445,
446, 509, 510 to 515

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Cataracts, or Shellaals of Sukkôt, or
Upper Nubia (see Kalabshieh), ii.
479, 631
Catastrophe, i. 180

Cats (see Bubastes), ii. 333, 364:-
Moslem veneration for, i. 237; ii. 600
Causeways or embankments, ancient
(see Ancient Egyptians), i. 150, 154
of Egypt, ii. 246, 261, 572, 573
Caviglia, Captain, labours and disco-
veries of, ii. 274, 293, 297, 306, 307
Cedar, the, ii. 322, 363

Cedars of Lebanon, ii. 110
Cemeteries of the East, contemplation
of (see Sepulchres), ii. 323, 325
of Constantinople, ii. 322

325

of the Grand Cairo, i. 382; ii. 322,

of the Moslems at Calcutta, ii. 322
Cemetery for Protestants at Mount
Zion, i. 467; ii. 48

Cephrenes (see Pharaohs, also Pyra-
mids), his character, supposed pur-
suit of the Jews, and destruction in
the Red Sea, ii. 288

Cere-cloth of the Ancient Egyptians,
ii. 296, 390

"Ceres and Proserpine," fable of, ii. 603
Cerier, Mons. De (the late), chief ship-

builder at Alexandria, i. 420; ii. 192
Ceremonials and civilities of the East
(see Visits), i. 227, 393; ii. 4, 102,
222, 229, 237, 238

Cerisier, Mons. De (see Cerier), 222,
229, 237, 238

Chaldæans of old, ii. 281

Chamelions, i. 161; ii. 263, 590
Champion, Esq., formerly H.B.M.
Consular Agent at Cairo, i. 264,284,
293; ii. 360
Champollion,

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-, Esq., his researches
and proceedings, i. 175; ii. 422,
423, 538, 542, 549

Changes which are now taking place,
i. 48, 249, 362; ii. 160

- of linen to guests (see Hospitality),
i. 227
Channel Islands; inhabitants of the,
ii. 60, 158

"Chappows" of the Nile, i. 139
Charades of the East, i. 219

Charcoal of the desert, ii. 378, 402
Chardin, Sir John, writings of, ii. 227
Chariots and horses, their introduc-
tion into Judæa, and their subse-
quent prohibition, ii. 570

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of the Ancient Egyptians, ii. 465,
553, 557, 559, 570

Charlatans, ii. 344, 345

Charms, or Warraga, amulets and

talismans, i. 75, 78, 332, 497; ii. 233,