Excerpt from A Journal: Comprising an Account of the Loss of the Brig. Commerce, of Hartford James, 1880 It was found impossible, in the course of the work, to avoid incorporating some of the rop er names of the Arabs in doing which pp have been obliged to adopt an English orthography, and the barbarous and guttural sounds of their words appear, if possible, still more harshwhen put in an English dress. Wherever Arabic terms or words have been used, they have gen orally been explained; but the words Wild and Biled which ...
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Excerpt from A Journal: Comprising an Account of the Loss of the Brig. Commerce, of Hartford James, 1880 It was found impossible, in the course of the work, to avoid incorporating some of the rop er names of the Arabs in doing which pp have been obliged to adopt an English orthography, and the barbarous and guttural sounds of their words appear, if possible, still more harshwhen put in an English dress. Wherever Arabic terms or words have been used, they have gen orally been explained; but the words Wild and Biled which occur frequently in the work, not having been explained in the text, it may not be improper to inform the reader in this place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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