7. The fourth book of Herodotus affords a curious though
imperfect portrait of the Scythians. .Among the moderns, who
describe the uniform scene, the Khan of Khowaresm, Abulghazi
Bahadur, expresses his native feelings; and his Genealogical
History of the Tatars has been copiously illustrated by
the French and English editors. Carpin, Ascelin, and
Rubruquis (in the Hist. des Voyages, tom. vii.), represent
the Moguls of the fourteenth century. To these guides I have
added Gerbillon and the other Jesuits (Description de la
Chine, par Du Halde, tom. iv.), who accurately surveyed the
Chinese Tartary, and that honest and intelligent traveller,
Bell of Antermony (two volumes in 4to, Glasgow, 1763).