[Footnote 23: The reader may satisfy himself on the subject
of Bassora by consulting the following writers: Geograph,
Nubiens. p. 121. D'Herbelot, Bibliotheque Orientale, p.
192. D'Anville, l'Euphrate et le Tigre, p. 130, 133, 145.
Raynal, Hist. Philosophique des deux Indes, tom. ii. p. 92 -
100. Voyages di Pietro della Valle, tom. iv. p. 370 - 391.
De Tavernier, tom. i. p. 240 - 247. De Thevenot, tom. ii.
p. 545 - 584. D Otter, tom. ii. p. 45 - 78. De Niebuhr,
tom. ii. p. 172 - 199.]