of the African Philosopher Inn Kuarptn. 401 
which must exist somewhere in France, where the purloiner died some 
months ago. This man, I am confidently informed, had the impudence to 
ask a most noble and revered friend of mine an enormous sum of money for 
the manuscript. But still more scarce is 
Tue Turrp Part or THE Work, 
comprising the History of the Berbers; yet I know that a tolerably correct 
copy of it exists in the library of the University at Cambridge. 
It would neither become me, nor accord with the object of this 
paper, to give a complete analysis of this invaluable history, especially as 
any thing of the kind could not be performed without giving at least a 
translation of the various rubrics or arguments placed at the head of more 
than four hundred chapters or divisions which compose this volume, and 
which extends to seven hundred and seven pages in folio. This however 
would be nothing else but a useless skeleton, or a dry list of words and 
proper names, without the least positive utility. On the other hand, I 
know that the late Mr. Scuutrz has given, in the Nouveau Journal 
Asiatique of Paris for August 1828, a translation of the first chapter of 
this book; I shall therefore confine myself to a view of the first fourteen 
chapters, which in my manuscript form the introduction to this most 
precious portion of Inn Kuatptn’s composition. 
The Arabic title of this third part of the work runs as follows: CLs 
9 LS shoe dee peel» pads! $5 5 Cota) Jol Ash 2M yw lst o ett 
pel SL ee ell Gil 5, aedll 1A), which may be translated in 
English: “‘ Volume, or Book the Third : History of the Berbers, the second 
People inhabiting Africa, and Description of their Origin, their Divisions, 
and their Dynasties, from the beginning of the Creation until the present 
time ; and first of all, an Exposition of the different Opinions held forth 
by Men about their Origin.” 
Chapter 1. Genealogy of the Berbers, and their different tribes, descend- 
ed from the two great stocks Bernas and Maprers. The seven tribes 
derived from the first, called Berdnis, were the Azddjeh, the Masmideh, 
the Awarich, the Ajiseh, the Katdémeh, the Sanhdjeh, and the A’rirgeh, to 
whom some authors have added the Lamatheh, the Haskireh, and the Ka- 
ztleh or Gazileh. 
The Berdnis were the descendants of Ber, a son of Mazire, and grand, 
