The Sheikh now reverts to his last voyage to Fezzan, and gives further details. After this he promises to write what befell him during his pilgrimage to Mekka, and in a visit he subsequently made to the Morea; but this portion of his work he has not yet executed. I have thought it best to give but a mere outline of the concluding section of his travels. What I have presented will impart some idea of the kind of life led by these Oriental wandering merchants, and enable us to understand the working of the Mohammedan social system, and especially of polygamy. The reader will not have failed to perceive that the intercourse of the sexes becomes almost fortuitous; that filial and parental affection are necessarily weakened and nearly destroyed; and that natural sentiments, though they show themselves now and then, do so in a merely episodical and unimportant way. The great bane of Muslim civilisation is this idea, that women are an article of property. The worthy Sheikh, who so regrets his Abyssinian girl, forgets to tell us what became of Zeitoun. He had loved another slave also, but had endeavoured to change her away to satisfy a momentary caprice. These reflections, however, will have suggested themselves to the sagacious reader. THE END. * * * * * London: Printed by G. BARCLAY, Castle St. Leicester Sq. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 1: If the reader should wish to consult Dr. Perron’s work in the British Museum, he will find the “Voyage au Darfour” under the head “Muhammad Ibn Umar,” in the Old Catalogue, p. 98 _b_; and the “Voyage au Wadaï” under the same head in the New Catalogue. I believe that, after “Mehemet,” it would be impossible to select a system of spelling more likely to mislead in pronunciation. The Arabic version will be found in the New Catalogue—also under Muhammad, but further on, p. 103 _a_.] [Footnote 2: See the introduction for observations on the chronology of the Sheikh.] [Footnote 3: It will be observed that our Sheikh here drops all allusion to his mother, who, perhaps, to a certain extent, abandoned him. Altogether, this narrative illustrates the slightness of the family bond in the East.] [Footnote 4: The Arabs rarely start on a journey on Friday before the mid-day prayer, it being considered unlucky.—_Perron_.] [Footnote 5: The Sheikh had better fortune, if his memory did not betray him, than most travellers. It generally takes a good day’s sail to reach as far as Benisouef.] [Footnote 6: This was during the French occupation of Egypt.] [Footnote 7: The Darfur caravan still starts from the same neighbourhood.] [Footnote 8: The eunuchs of high rank in Darfur marry, that they may appear to have a family.] [Footnote 9: Rashid was one of the titles of the Orphan.] [Footnote 10: Basy is a title meaning great, and is applied to most of the courtiers.]