Gold-Mines

African Gold-Mines had considered an adequate setting for his bald-browed and portly presence.

The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

As I remarked before ( "The Gold-Mines of Midian," p. 177), the hieroglyphic name of the land is Mádí, in the plural Mádí-án or Mádí-ná; on the other hand, we have no information concerning the origin and derivation of Mádí, except that it is not Egyptian.

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

I have also fallen into a notable blunder about the Jebel el-Shará ', in "The Gold-Mines of Midian," note?, p. 175.

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

In my volume on "The Gold-Mines of Midian," the popular Hebrew sources of information -- the Old Testament and the Talmud -- were ransacked for the benefit of the reader.

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

Before leaving Makná I must give an account of its peculiar tribe, concerning which "The Gold-Mines of Midian" [EN#116] contained sundry inaccuracies.

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

"The Gold-Mines of Midian" (Chap. XII.) it is called El-Muzayndi, an error of my informants for El-Muzeúdi: the latter is the name of the small red hill north of our camp.

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

[EN#151] This place is noticed in "The Gold-Mines of Midian,"

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

[EN#120] The name and other points connected with it have been noticed in "The Gold-Mines of Midian," p. 338.

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

[EN#100] For ample notices on this subject, see "The Gold-Mines of Midian," Chap. XII.

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

[EN#153] In "The Gold-Mines of Midian," Chap. V., occur several differences of nomenclature, which may or may not be mistakes.

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855