[Footnote 44: Whatever can now be known of the idolatry of
the ancient Arabians may be found in Pocock, (Specimen, p.
89 - 136, 163, 164.) His profound erudition is more clearly
and concisely interpreted by Sale, (Preliminary Discourse,
p. 14 - 24;) and Assemanni (Bibliot. Orient tom. iv. p. 580
- 590) has added some valuable remarks.]