Note 046
From The Invasion of Syria,part of Chapter 51 of the Decline & Fall

Notwithstanding this precept, M. Pauw (Recherches sur les Egyptiens , tom. ii. p. 192, edit. Lausanne) represents the Bedoweens as the implacable enemies of the Christian monks. For my own part, I am more inclined to suspect the avarice of the Arabian robbers, and the prejudices of the German philosopher.

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