Charles Emanuel III. 1730.
Victor Amadeus, 1773.
Emanuel V., 1802.
GEORGE IV.
ascended 29th Jan. 1820, whom GOD preserve.
Contemporaries at the commencement of his reign the same as at the death of his late majesty.
JACOBUS.
THE SELECTOR,
AND
LITERARY NOTICES OF
NEW WORKS.
MOUNT ARAFAT, AND THE PILGRIMAGE TO MEKKA.
Every traditionary and topographical particular of this hallowed spot, and the picturesque ceremonies by which it is consecrated, must be acceptable to the Christian reader; and this conviction has induced us to abridge the following from that portion of Burckhardt's Travels which describes the Hadj, or pilgrimage to Mekka.