Excerpt from An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, Vol. 1 of 2: Written in Egypt During the Years 1833, 34, and 35, Partly From Notes Made During a Former Visit to That Country in the Years 1825, 26, 27, and 28 It gives me much pleasure to find, that, while I have been attempttng to preserve memorials of the manners and customs of the most linhed modern Arab people, one of my learned friends (m. Filgence Fresnel) has been occupied, with eminent success, in rescuing from oblivion many interesting notices of the history of the early Arabs, and that another (mr. 'vilklntioio has been preparing to impart to us an account of the private life, manners, But, of the Ancient Egyptians. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.