VOYAGE TO ARABIA,

AND

TRAVELS

IN THAT COUNTRY, ETC.

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SECTION XVI.

Newburyport 1854 Public Library

ABOUT ARABIA IN GENERAL.

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Chapter I.

Man, even in a society where civilization has perhaps been carried to excess—where artifice stifles or disguises the sentiments of nature—never forgets his original destination. He is still fond of even the mere shadow of that liberty, independence, and simplicity which he has lost through refinement, although they are so congenial original: "congenial" – meaning naturally suited or essential to one's character. to his existence. He is charmed to encounter these again, even in the illusions of pastoral poetry Pastoral poetry: A genre of literature that portrays the life of shepherds and rural people in an idealized, simple manner..