The one hundred and sixty-nine sentences of Ali (translated by Ockley, London, 1718) afford a just and favorable specimen of Arabian wit.

* Note: Compare the Arabic proverbs translated by Burckhardt.London.

1830--M.] [Footnote 41: Pocock (Specimen, p.

158-161) and Casiri (Bibliot.
Hispano-Arabica, tom.i.p.48, 84, &c., 119, tom.ii.p.17, &c.) speak of the Arabian poets before Mahomet; the seven poems of the Caaba have been published in English by Sir William Jones; but his honorable mission to India has deprived us of his own notes, far more interesting than the obscure and obsolete text.] [Footnote 42: Sale's Preliminary Discourse, p.

29, 30] [Footnote 43: D'Herbelot, Bibliot.Orient.p.458.Gagnier, Vie de Mahomet, tom.iii.p.118.Caab and Hesnus (Pocock, Specimen, p.