[Footnote 68: The private life of Mahomet, from his birth to
his mission, is preserved by Abulfeda, (in Vit. c. 3 - 7,)
and the Arabian writers of genuine or apocryphal note, who
are alleged by Hottinger, (Hist. Orient. p. 204 - 211)
Maracci, (tom. i. p. 10 - 14,) and Gagnier, (Vie de Mahomet,
tom. i. p. 97 - 134.)]