Note 14 — Chapter IX · MOORS OF SPAIN AND NEGROES OF TIMBUKTU

A translation of an abbreviated copy of Batûta’s travels was made by the Revd. S. Lee, and published by the Oriental Translation Fund in 1829. Since that date the French advance in Algeria led to the discovery of several copies of the unabridged work; and the “Voyages d’Ibn Batoutah,” translated into French by C. Defrémery and Dr. B. R. Sanguinette, with the original Arabic text under the translation, appeared in Paris in 1853, at the hands of the Société Asiatique. There are several examples of the original MS. extant, which slightly vary from each other, and often differ considerably from the abbreviation as to matter of fact.