_Epistolary Diction used by the Muhamedans of Africa, in their
Correspondence with all their Friends who are not of the Muhamedan
faith_.
"Praise be to God alone; for there is neither beginning nor
strength without God, the eternal God.
"From the servant of the great God, El Hage Abdrahaman El Fellely,
to my friend Consul Jackson, peace be to those who follow the right
way, or who pursue the right path; and then, O my friend, I have
received your letter, and I have taken good notice of its contents,
&c. &c."