p. 109. Providence has afforded to man an
opportunity of evading the attack of this deadly animal; for when
it coils itself up, and by the strength of its tail darts forward
fifteen or twenty yards at once, the person attacked, by watching
vigilantly its motions, evades the attack, by moving only a short
distance from the right line, in which it is prepared to dart
510 forwards; neither can the _Buska_ govern itself in the extent of
its movement, but necessarily goes as far as its strength will
permit, and then coils itself up again in a circular form, again
erects its head, and darts a second time to its object. I have
conversed with Arabs, who have been attacked by this monster, and
they have assured me, that, by vigilantly watching its motion, and
the direction of its head, when preparing to dart forward, they may
escape its attack.[297]

"It is not correct to assert that _Nasari is a general term_,
applied to infidels in Muhamed; it is applied to Christians only.
_Kaffer is the general term_ applied to all who have not faith in
the Arabian Prophet.[298]

"That which you call the Talk Tree, is the tree which produces the
Barbary gum; the name is _talh_.[299]"

[Footnote 297: Vide Leyden's Africa, p. 306.]

[Footnote 298: Ibid, p. 429.]

[Footnote 299: Ibid. 204.]

"The _Keydenah_.--This is the Sudanic name for the tree which
produces the Argan nut, or olive, the _kernel_ of which resembles a
bitter almond, and from _it_, not from the shell, they extract the
oil, so celebrated for frying fish, and for burning; a pint of
which will afford light as long as two pints of olive oil.

"The She plant, or properly Sheh is not wild thyme, nor does it
resemble it, it is the wormseed plant, the seed of which is an
511 article of exportation, from the ports of Marocco, The sheh
resembles the absynthum. The wild thyme is called _zatar_, also an
article of exportation from the ports of the Marocco empire.[300]

"The _Alsharra_ signifies the Book of Laws of Muhamed.[301]

"_Gebel Ramlie_ should be written _Jibbel Rummelie_, i.e. the Sandy
Mountain.[302]

"The Elwah [303]Elgarbie is inhabited by the Maggrebee Arabs. My
late friend, Muley Abd Salam, elder brother to Muley Soliman, the
reigning Emperor of Marocco, had a very large es