A tour through the dominions of the Emperor of Morocco / [William Lempriere].

  • William Lemprière
Date:
1813
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Credit: A tour through the dominions of the Emperor of Morocco / [William Lempriere]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE Third Edition. Wh EN the Author had the honour of announcing to his friends, and to the public, his intention of committing to the press, a new edition of his Tour to Morocco, he merely proposed to himself a revision of the work, and the introduction ot such further remarks, as a re-consideration of the subject might sug¬ gest ; but finding that no account had yet been given (except¬ ing in a very desultory way) of the rise of the Barbary States, and conceiving that such a relation, if not too elaboiate, might prove an useful introduction to the work ; he came to the leso- lution of altering his original plan, and of offering to the reader such a concise view of the subject, as might, convey a geneial idea of that part of Africa, without rendering the woik itself too voluminous. To accomplish this object, the Author did not deem it right) to trust altogether to his own local into'ma- tion, or to the knowledge which he might have acquired from previous reading : these he wished to render subservient to the materials whicli he might collect from an immediate reference to the most respectable authors, and thus, from the whole, be enabled to form such a connected account of the subject under consideration, as might prove deserving ef public perusal, i lie following works, therefore, were consulted, viz. Rolliu’s Ancient History—Modern universal History—Mr. Gibbon’s, on the De¬ cline and Fall of the Roman Empire—Dr. Robertson’s History