board, about two feet square, and on these they are taught to make Arabic characters with sharpened reeds--they are early instructed to read the Koran, agreeable to their Mahometan faith, and are taught to write verses therefrom. O, what a pity it is, that they are not taught the superior excellence of the Christian religion, and to worship the blessed Jesus, instead of the impure and idolatrous worship of objects prescribed by Mahomet. Weep, O my soul, over the forlorne state of the benighted heathen! Oh! that all who peruse this narrative would join in their fervent requests to God, with whom all things are possible, that these deluded people may soon be brought to worship the true and only Jesus and to drink freely of the waters of salvation.

Although my master had promised me that I should receive a plentiful supply of food, I soon found that he was by no means in a situation to fulfil his promise: for with the exception of the small quantity of milk that the camels yielded, I found that they had nothing themselves to subsist on, for the most part of the time but ground nuts, and a few snails, which they found in the sand. Each family has two or three kids, but they will sooner starve than kill them, unless it is on particular occasions.--There were two wells of tolerable good water in the neighborhood, which was the only convenience that the miserable village could boast of.

While some of the wives and children of the Arabs viewed me with scornful eyes, frequently ut-