[Footnote 52: Damascus is amply described by the Sherif al
Edrisi (Geograph. Nub. p. 116, 117), and his translator,
Sionita (Appendix, c. 4); Abulfeda (Tabula Syriae, p. 100 );
Schultens (Index Geograph. ad Vit. Saladin.); D'Herbelot
(Biblioth. Orient. p. 291); Thevenot (Voyage du Levant, part
i. p. 688, 698); Maundrell (Journey from Aleppo to
Jerusalem, p 122-130); and Pocock (Description of the East,
vol. ii. p. 117-127).]