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felf, and the place it holds in Jewiih antiquities, merits that 7 

 it fhould be treated in a place T>y itfelf, fo the connection 

 that it is fuppofed to have with the foundation of the mo- 

 narchy of Abyffinia, the- country whofe hiflory I am going 

 to write, makes this particularly proper for the fake of con- 

 nection ; and I mall, therefore, continue the hiflory of the 

 trade of the Arabian Gulf to a period in which I can re- 

 fume the narrative of this expedition without occafioning 

 any interruption to either.. 



& ?<"• ■ 1 - '■ ' ! i '-Sa gg'. 



CH Afi 



