240 HOSPITALITY OF THE ARABS.

empire, and not receive the entertainment and courtesy of a brother, that douar would be stamped with a stigma of indeUble disgrace ! Pardon us, therefore, if we say, you have not such hospitality . in your country, although the great principle of {Seedna Also) our Lord Jesus, is charity."

*" I should, however, observe that this hospitality is shown almost exclusively to Muhamedans.

Respecting women and horses, speaking of the treatment ofthem in England, they remark, that " England is a paradise for women, who are there exalted beyond the fitness of things ; and it is {gehennurn) a hell for horses, for those poor ill-treated animals in the hackney coaches and carts, need only to be seen to be pitied ; the hard blows which they receive from their cruel masters are calculated to impress our minds with an opinion that we are in a land of barbarians, whereas you call yourselves a civilised people : You say you aie such; your actions deny the fact, and we judge by actions, not by words or self-commendations. When, therefore, you pride yourselves on your superiority and civilisation the whole is a delusion ; and when we hear you set forth these absurd pretensions, we are compelled to commiserate our common race, and to exclaim, Alas, poor human nature !" This is the ver-The Muhamedans acknowledge Jesus Christ to have been a Prophet that worked miracles ; the indelible proof of his mission.