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[2] "I must here state, that peculiar qualifications are
required to enable a person to judge of the fidelity of my
translation. The original work contains many words not
comprised in any printed dictionary, and a great number of
words used in senses which no such dictionary gives: in cases
of both these kinds, I am guided either by the explanations of
the sheykh Moḥammad 'Eiyád, or by my having been long in the
habit of noting down new words during conversation with Arabs,
and in the perusal of works in which they are explained."
[3] "As I hope that the copy which he has rendered so valuable
may be of great utility to many students of the Arabic language
when I have ceased to profit by it, I may mention here, that
the few corrections, and some explanations, which I have
inserted upon the margins of pages will be easily distinguished
from those of the sheykh Moḥammad 'Eiyád by the difference of
our handwritings."
[4] "When I mention 'my sheykh' in the notes, the sheykh
Moḥammad 'Eiyád is the person to whom I allude. In several
instances, when he has given brief explanations of words,
phrases, customs, &c., with which I was previously acquainted,
I have not thought it necessary to name him as my authority in
notes which I have inserted, though I have sometimes done so."