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• At some distance on the left , ( he continues , ) tn ' a kind of semicircular hollow , formed by the last curves of Lebanon ^ we observed a large black spot upon the snow , which was the celebrated clurtvpAof cedars . They crown , like , -m diadem , the brow of the motrotakt ; they overlook all the numberless spacious valleys that slope away beneath / them ; the
sea and the sky blend in their horizon . They grow ujxm the proudest site of the groups of Lebanon , and prosper above that pqint where all other vegetation ceases . These trees diminish in every successive age . There are now but seven ; these , however , from their size , and general appearance , may be fairly presumed to have existed in biblical times . * — Ibid . vol . ii . p . 361 .
Dr . Hogg has fallen into the usual affectation , or confusing error , whichever it may be , of travellers in the East ; we allude to the spelling of proper names , places , and Words , otherwise well known . We are confounded with all the different effects ' of sounds upon different ears . Thus harem becomes frareem ; caliph , khalif ; pillau , pillauf , ( why not pillaughfp while he was about it ?) and the hitherto plain-spoken name of the famous Salad in
is transformed into Sal&h-e'deen ! We beg" leave- to > suggest the following for choice , any of which will be equally advantageous to the future use of the individual ' s name : —Sahi-yer ' deen—Sarlard ' een—Salaid ' n—Zaloiden—Psaulaigh-deeo— Sczargh-laiyerteyne—S'Alladdin—Sally Dean . A gentleman once remarked to an orientalist that he never
found any two authors or travellers spell the word Mahometan in \ bd < s 4 me way . With some it was Mohamedan , with others Mohumedan , Mehemmetan , &c . The orientalist replied that it was no wonder , as there were thirty-two different methods of spelling it . Indeed / said the querist , 'but which then is the correct one V The orientalist looked confused . He had never
thought of that . After due consideration , however , he replied tty ^ t the opyrreoC method was for everybody to spell itashe pleaseil
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1835, page 792, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2652/page/36/
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