[Footnote 64: Abulfeda (in Vit. Mohammed. c. 1, 2) and
Gagnier (Vie de Mahomet, p. 25 - 97) describe the popular
and approved genealogy of the prophet. At Mecca, I would
not dispute its authenticity: at Lausanne, I will venture to
observe, 1. That from Ismael to Mahomet, a period of 2500
years, they reckon thirty, instead of seventy five,
generations: 2. That the modern Bedoweens are ignorant of
their history, and careless of their pedigree, (Voyage de
D'Arvieux p. 100, 103.)]