To a dignified politeness, and condescending freedom, this prince is said to have added a munificent liberality in the patronage of science and of art; and of this fact, indeed, we have a laudable instance in the pension which he granted to Abdollatiq, and which amounted to 30 dinars per month. After the death of the sultan, this sum was raised by his sons to 100 dinars, till the ambition of their uncle forced them from the throne of Egypt and of Syria; and thus was our traveller compelled to resort again to Damascus, after a short abode at Jerusalem: where his lectures, and his treaties, were equally the objects of general admiration.

In the capital of Syria, his pursuits were of the same nature, and attended with similar success. His practice as a physician was extensive. To the students in the college of Al Aziz, he freely communicated the ample stores of his cultivated mind; and in the works which he composed on the principles of medicine, he displayed that depth of research and that felicity of illustration, which are the rare effects of genius combined with diligence, judgment, and erudition.

Such is the testimony given to the exertions of our author; and it is added that they were rewarded at Damascus not with fame alone, but also with riches. Yet neither the applause of the wise nor the patronage of the wealthy had power to detain him, when other scenes or other society promised to gratify his curiosity, or to increase his knowledge. On this account, probably, he left Damascus, and, after having visited Aleppo, resided several years in Greece. With the same view he travelled through Syria, Armenia, and Asia Minor, still adding to the number of his works; many of which he dedicated to the princes whose courts he visited, or whose subjects he laboured to instruct.

After having thus enriched his own mind, and contributed so successfully to the improvement of others, sentiments of devotion induced him to undertake a pilgrimage to Mecca. In the mean time, however, he seems to have experienced the full force of that desire, which in the native of Switzerland has often been known to supersede every other—the desire of once more beholding the place which gave him birth. He wished also to present the fruits of his travels, and of his studies, to the caliph Al Mohaner Billah. He therefore eagerly journeyed towards Bagdad, which, after so long an absence, he no doubt beheld with emotions of tender exultation—but all his hopes were disappointed! Searcely had he reached his native city, when he was suddenly taken ill, and died in his 63rd year, A.D. 1223. Of 150 treatises which he composed on various subjects of medicine, natural philosophy and polite literature, only one, entitled *Hylovia Aegypti Compendium*, has survived the ravages of time. This manuscript, the only one which has been discovered, was brought to Europe by the celebrated orientalist Pococke, and is now preserved in the Bodleian library. Dr White of Oxford published an edition of the original Arabic, with an elegant Latin version in 4to, in 1800. (Month Rev.)

ARDOMEN, in Anatomy, is that part of the trunk of the body which lies between the thorax and the bottom of the pelvis. See ANATOMY.