Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Excerpt from Gleanings From the Desert of Arabia Advantage of'the author's corrections as far as page 80 when, shortly after the New Year, he was carried off by a sad and sudden illness. From that point onwards the sheets have been revised by a friend, with the exception of the Arabic words and quotations. These latter have all passed under the kind and careful supervision of the well-known Semitic scholar, the Rev. W. H. Lowe, of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.