[7] Perhaps Blachernae. - E.
[8] The Karaites were a sect among the Jews, who confined their observances
and religious belief to the precepts of Moses, while the Rabbinists
followed all the wild fancies of the Talmud. An excellent account of
these sects is to be found in the Lettres Juives, or Jewish Spy, by
the Marquis d'Argens. - E.
[9] Perhaps only an exaggerated account of some Jewish independent tribe in
Arabia, of which there were once a considerable number, as
particularly mentioned in the History of Mahomet. - E.
[10] Probably the Ahwaz, as he seems to have gone from Bassora. - E.
[11] This must be an error in the author, as the Tigris does not come near
that city. - E.
[12] This story is told by other Jewish writers, but with some unimportant
variations; and there have been many such pretended Messiahs, who
persuaded the Jews of the east into revolts, for which consult
Basnage, Histoire des Juifs. - Harris.
[13] The whole secret of this miracle may be easily explained. David
escaped from prison, and told all the rest of the story to the
ignorant and credulous Jews of Omaria, from whom the fable has been
handed down to Benjamin and other believing relaters. - E.
[14] Shiraz, about forty miles from which are the ruins of Persepolis. - E.
[15] The distance here is extremely corrupt, and perhaps four months are
meant. - E.
[16] The ridiculous impressing of ancient scriptural names for the
geographical features of the country, and the nations which inhabited
it in his time, and his rambling itinerary, by days journeys, without
pointing out the precise direction of the routs, render it next to
impossible to investigate the real objects of his observations with
any decent chance of success.
![A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume 1 - By Robert Kerr
- - E.
[6] The Arabs, so called from their supposed ancestor, Ismael. - E.
[7] Perhaps Blachernae. - E.
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