Excerpt from The Eastern Mirror: An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures; In Which the Customs of Oriental Nations Are Clearly Developed by the Writings of the Most Celebrated Travellers The study of Eastern customs is doubtless of incal culable utility Dr. Clarke says, without such a work, ninety-nine out of every hundred of those who profess to teach the church of God, must remain, in many important points, ignorant of the contents of that book, which alone contains the science Of salva tion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.