17，18，describesthepalaceofCairo。Inthecaliph\'streasurewerefoundapearlaslargeasapigeon\'segg，arubyweighingseventeenEgyptiandrams，anemeraldapalmandahalfinlength，andmanyvasesofcrystalandporcelainofChina，Renaudot，p。
536。]
[Footnote42:Mamluc，plur。Mamalic，isdefinedbyPocock，Prolegom。adAbulpharag。p。7，andD\'Herbelot，p。545，servumemptitium，seuquipretionumeratoindominipossessionemcedit。
TheyfrequentlyoccurinthewarsofSaladin，Bohadin，p。236，&c。；anditwasonlytheBahartieMamalukesthatwerefirstintroducedintoEgyptbyhisdescendants。]
[Footnote43:JacobusaVitriacop。1116givesthekingofJerusalemnomorethan374knights。BoththeFranksandtheMoslemsreportthesuperiornumbersoftheenemy；adifferencewhichmaybesolvedbycountingoromittingtheunwarlikeEgyptians。]