rides furiously against him, crying, with a loud voice, “Undress myself, thy aunt (my wife) is is without a garment.” A ready submission entitles him to mercy; resistance will provoke the aggressor, and his own blood must expiate the blood which he presumes to shed in legitimate defense. A single robber, or a few associates, are branded with their genuine name; but the exploits of a numerous band assume the character of lawful and honorable war. The temper of a people, thus armed against mankind , was doubly inflamed by the revenge. In the constitution of Europe, the right of peace and war is now confined to a small,and the actual exercise to a much smaller list of respectable potentates; but each Arab with impunity and renown, might point his javelin against the life of a countryman. The union of the nation consisted only in a vague resemblance of language and manners; and in each community the jurisdiction of the magistrate was mute and impatient. Of the time of ignorance which preceded Mahomet,1700 battles are recorded by tradition; hostility was embittered with the racer of civil faction; and the recital, in prose or verse,of an absolute feud was sufficient to rekindle the same passions among the descendants of hostile tribes. In private life every man,at least every family was the judge and avenger of its own cause. The nice sensibility of honor, which weights the insult rather than the injury, shed its deadly venom on