Note 50 — Chapter I
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The following, in the left hand column, are the places or countries as written by Mr. Hutchison, after the Jennë Moor, agreeing with those the Moors reported to me.
Shuewa Shewa Abenassa.
Swiss Sooess.
Zall Zaloo.
Machazoogee Machawazoo.
Tabarbass, cultivation, volcano from the Quolla two days, two days to the top, Tabarrabass.
Askanderee Askandaraia or Sakunderree.
The latter place is Alexandria. The Moors called the Mediterranean Sea to me by two names, Baharlë Malee, and Sabbaha Bahoori. Mr. Hutchison writes it Baramela or Bahermale, and adds, “Seven rivers from Africa turn their course to it, but only two reach the shores, of which the Nile is one. The rush of the waters of the Nile when they meet the sea, is so great, that the waves are driven into the air with great force, and retire like waves against a rock. The Red Sea, they say, assumes various colours at different periods from seven streams pouring their course into it, salt water and fresh, red, blue, yellow, &c.”