Excerpt from The History of Arabia, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing a Description of the Country; An Account of Its Inhabitants Antiquities, Political Condition, and Early Commerce; The Life and Religion of Mohammed; The Conquest, Arts, and Literature of the SaracensThe chapter on Natural History, it may be proper to remark, is merely intended as a popular view of the subject. To the merit of a scientific treatise it does not aspire; the purpose of the author being chiefly to illustrate the manners and customs of the people, while describing the physical structure and natural productions-of the country.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.