6.] [Footnote 20: Mirum dictu ex innumeris populis pars aequa in commerciis aut in latrociniis degit, (Plin.Hist.Nat.vi.

32.) See Sale's Koran, Sura.cvi.p.503.Pocock, Specimen, p.2.

D'Herbelot, Bibliot.

Orient.
p.361.

Prideaux's Life of Mahomet, p.5.Gagnier, Vie de Mahomet, tom.
i.p.72, 120, 126, &c.] The perpetual independence of the Arabs has been the theme of praise among strangers and natives; and the arts of controversy transform this singular event into a prophecy and a miracle, in favor of the posterity of Ismael.