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For this first English translation, see Purchas’s “Pilgrimes”. London, 1625; fol., vol. ii, liv. 9, chap. 5, p. 1437; it is divided into five paragraphs.

This extract of the “Itinerary” will be found in Harris’s “Collection of Voyages and Travels”. London, 1744; fol., vol. i, p. 546 to 555; and the introduction, which is prefixed, as well as the notes, are not devoid of interest.

By the Rev. R. Gerrans, lecturer of Saint Catherine Coleman, and second master of Queen Elizabeth’s Free Grammar School, Saint Olave, Southwark. This author, says the editor, Mr. Gerrans, flourished about the year 1160 of the Christian era, is highly prized by the Jews and other admirers of Rabbinical learn-