In the plates he has not only endeavoured to give an idea of the various dresses of the people, but a view of their furniture, habitations, and amusements. The birds and fishes here delineated are such as, to the best of the Author’s knowledge, have not before been properly represented, and those of the plants are chiefly of the same kind. So many of the _Arabic_ names of these as were collected, would have been given, had it been possible to have expressed them justly in _English_ characters, or easy to have had them correctly printed in _Arabic_; in which language, it must be observed, all the names of places, _&c._ in this work are given, unless mentioned to be otherwise. The different subjects in the first part were intended to have been pointed out, by varying the running-title according to the subject; but, by mistake, this was omitted till too late. The method used by the _Europeans_ for their preservation during the rage of a pestilence was chiefly intended for the use of the Author’s friends in _Aleppo_, to whom it was presented on his leaving that country. To those in _Europe_ he sincerely wishes that it may never otherwise be useful than to satisfy their curiosity. How far the Author’s abilities have been equal to the task he has undertaken, the public will judge; and he intreats their candour. That he has had fair opportunities of observing, that he has given a faithful narrative of facts, and that he has used no false colouring in his representation, he presumes to appeal to his cotemporaries and acquaintance, who, in visiting these places again in his description, may perhaps call to mind many agreeable hours they have spent even in these scenes, so far distant from their native country. A DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY of ALEPPO, AND THE PARTS ADJACENT. PART I. _Haleb_, or, as we call it, _Aleppo_, the present metropolis of _Syria_[1], though greatly inferior to the cities of _Constantinople_ and _Cairo_ in extent, number of inhabitants, riches, and perhaps several other circumstances, yet, in respect to buildings, yields to none in the _Turkish_ empire. This city and suburbs stand on eight small hills or eminences, none of them considerable, except that in the middle of the place, on which the castle is erected. This mount is of a conic form, and seems, in a great measure, to be artificial, and raised with the earth thrown up out of a broad deep ditch that surrounds it. The suburbs, called _Sheih il Arab_, to the N. N. E. are next in height to this, and those to the W. S. W. are much lower than the parts adjacent, and than any other parts of the city. An old wall not a little decayed, and a broad ditch now in most places turned into gardens, surround the city, the circumference of which is about three miles and an half; but, including the suburbs, which are chiefly to the North East, the whole may be about seven miles[2].