87 ON THE ARABIC LANGUAGE.

Arabia Elule J\\J\ Arabea Atthenie Jumad Elule Jumad Athenie \] 3U Rajeb Shaban u Ramadan \c\j Shual Jj; Du'elkada .i.,\«53S Du Elhajah US The first of Muharram, year of the Hejra 1221, answers to the 19th March of the Christian aara, 1806.

Among the various languages spoken south of the Sahara, we have already observed that there are thirty-three different ones between the Western Ocean and the Red Sea, following the shores of the Nile El Abeed, or Niger : among all these nations and empires, a man practically acquainted with the Arabic, may always make himself understood, and indeed, it is the language most requisite to be known for every traveller in these extensive regions.

The Mandinga is spoken from the banks of the Senegal, where that river takes a northerly course from the Jibel Kumera to the kingdom