a town in Africa on the banks of the Bahr-el-abiad, or true Nile. The houses are built of clay, and the inhabitants, who are idolaters, have no other clothing than bands of long grass, which they pass round the waist and between the thighs. They are all black; both sexes are accustomed to shave their heads. The people of Shilluk have the dominion of the river, and take toll of all passengers, in such articles of traffic as pass among them. The name Shilluk is not Arabic, and its meaning is unknown.—When asked concerning their name or country, the people reply Shilluk. When employed in transporting Mohammedans across the ferry, they occasionally exhibit the importance which their situation gives them. After the Muslim has placed himself in the boat, they will ask him, "Who is the master of that river?" The other replies, as is usual, "Ullah or Rubban"—God is the master of it. "No (answering the Shilluk), you must say that such a one (naming his chief) is the master of it, or you shall not pass." They are represented as shewing hospitality to such as come among them in a peaceable manner, and as never betraying those to whom they have once accorded protection. The particulars of their worship have not been described. In Mr Browne's map, Shilluck is placed in about 13° N. Lat. and 32° 26' E. Long.