Mahmud was born about the year 357 of the Hegiraor 350, according to some authoritiesand, as astrologers say, with many happy omens expressed in the horoscope of his life.

The Joes of next year may run from home in obedience to the planetary destiny which casts their horoscope in Neptune, but they will not run to the forecastle.

Our hero, Guy Mannering, entering into the simple humour of Mr. Bertram, his host, agreed to calculate the infant's horoscope by the stars, having in early youth studied with an old clergyman who had a firm belief in astrology.