Note 63 — CHAP. LII.

With regard to this custom, Burkhardt’s information (Travels in Nubia, 2nd ed. Appendix I. p. 434.) is very correct; but in general his information respecting the countries on the east side of the Tsád is marred with mistakes, not only with regard to the geography, but even the ethnology of these quarters, as he always confounds native and Arab tribes.