never allied with the Moors, for whom they always
entertained a feeling of enmity. Though at present under the dominion
of the kings of Morocco as their religious head, they brave his
displeasure and authority at will. They are formidable in consequence
of their numbers, courage, and indomitable spirit of independence; and
still preserve unimpaired the peculiar simplicity of their ancient
manners and habits.

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D, page 34.

_Tarik, one of the most renowned captains of his time, &c._

Tarik landed at the dot of the Calpe Mountain, and took the city of
Herculia, to which the Arabs gave the name of _Djebel Tarik_, of which
we have made Gibraltar.

E, page 38.

_During the remainder of the Caliphate of Yezid II., &c._

This caliph, the ninth of the Ommiades, ended his existence in a manner
that at least merits pity. He was amusing himself one day with
throwing grapes at his favourite female slave, who caught them in her
mouth. This fruit, it must be remembered, is much larger in Syria than
in Europe. Unfortunately, one of the grapes passed into the throat of
the slave and instantly suffocated her. The despairing Yezid would not
permit the interment of this dearest object of his affections, and
watched incessantly beside the corpse for eight successive days. Being
compelled at last, by the condition of the body, to separate himself
from it, he died of grief, entreating, as he expired, that his remains
might be interred in the same tomb with his beloved Hubabah.

SECOND EPOCH.

A, page 46.

_He was soon after assassinated, &c._

Three Karagites (a name applied to a pre-eminently fanatical sect of
Mussulmans), beholding the disorders created in the Arabian empire by
the contentions of Ali, Moavias, and {209} Amrou, believed that they
should perform a service that would be acceptable to God, and restore
peace to their country, by simultaneously assassinating the three
rivals. One of them repaired to Damascus, and wounded the usurper
Moavias in the back; but the wound did not prove mortal. The
confederate charged with the murder of Amrou, stabbed, by mistake, one
of the friends of that rebel. The third, who had undertaken to
despatch Ali, struck him as he was about to enter the mosque, and the
virtuous caliph was the only one who fell a victim to the design of the
assassins.

B, page 48.

_Mervan II., the last caliph of the race, &c._

This Ommiade was surnamed _Alhemar_, that is to sa