and towns are crowded with mosques, having square towers attached to them : fondaques or caravanseras for the accommodation o f travellers are spacious and convenient, so that we may conclude that the banks o f the Nile E l A beede from Timbuctoo to the confines o f Egypt may be as populous as the banks o f any river in China. A P P E N D I X . The following Specimens o f African Arabic are given for the animadversion of the Arabian Scholar, as their translations are to shew the reader the style of writing generally used by the Arabs of Africa. The Asiatic punctuation is adopted to facilitate the perusal by the Students of Asiatic Arabic; the difference, in this respect, may be seen by referring to pp. 212 and 213, ante.
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