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'Southern Arabia, by Theodore Bent, F.R.G.S., F.S.A., Author of 'The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland' 'The Sacred City of the Ethiopians' 'The Cyclades, Or Life Among the Insular Greeks' etc. and Mrs Theodore Bent' [83] (124/552)
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OUB DEPARTUEE INTO THE INTERIOR 83
He had been able to buy a little dark donkey for Imam
Sharif and the sultan gave me a horse, but all the rest were
on camels. I thought I should enjoy riding by the camels
and talking to everyone, but my hopes were not carried
out.
The difficulty of passing the strings of camels was
enormous. The country was so very stony that if you left
the narrow path it took a long time to pick your way.
I used to start first with Imam Sharif, and then my
horse, at foot-pace, got so far ahead that the soldiers said,
4 We cannot guard both you and the camels.' I had then to
pull in the horse with all my might. Sometimes I went on
with Imam Sharif, one soldier and a servant carrying the
plane-table. He used to go up some hill to survey, and I, of
course, had to climb too for safety. I had to rush down
when I saw our
kafila
A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers.
coming and mount, to keep in front.
If I got behind, the camels were so terrified that they danced
about and shed their loads, and I was cursed and sworn at
by their drivers.
We stopped three hours at Basra (10 miles), where there
are a few houses, water, and some cultivation, and where the
camels were suddenly unloaded without leave, and there
was a great row because we moved the soldiers guns from
the tree, the shade of which we wished to have ourselves.
We again threatened to return, but at last, as Taisir
fortunately could speak Hindustani, he could make peace,
and they ended by kissing hands and saying salaam (peace).
The sun was setting when we reached a sandy place
called Tokhum (another 5 miles on), where we camped near
some stagnant water. We had to wait for the moon, to
find our baggage and get out the lantern. We had travelled
over almost leafless plains save that they had little patches
of mesembryanthemum, and the inevitable balloon-shrub
(madhar). Eising and starting by moonlight on Christmas
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Southern Arabia, by Theodore Bent, F.R.G.S., F.S.A., Author of 'The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland' 'The Sacred City of the Ethiopians' 'The Cyclades, Or Life Among the Insular Greeks' etc. and Mrs Theodore Bent .
Publication details: Reading: Garnet, c 1994.
Edition: new edition.
Notes: facsimile edition of edition published London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1900.
Physical Description: initial roman numeral paginations i-xi, i-x; 24 leaves of plates, 5 folded leaves of maps; illustrations, 6 maps 1 portrait.
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The volume contains a list of contents giving section and chapter headings and page references, a list of illustrations and a list of maps. There is an alphabetical index at the back of the volume.
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Dimensions: 240mm x 165mm
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- YC.1995.b.7122
- Title
- 'Southern Arabia, by Theodore Bent, F.R.G.S., F.S.A., Author of 'The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland' 'The Sacred City of the Ethiopians' 'The Cyclades, Or Life Among the Insular Greeks' etc. and Mrs Theodore Bent'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:12, 1:2, 5:12, 1:2, 2a:2b, 3:24, 24a:24b, 25:34, 34a:34b, 35:70, 70a:70b, 71:110, 110a:110b, 111:124, 124a:124b, 125:144, 144a:144b, 145:226, 226a:226b, 227:246, 246a:246b, 247:270, 270a:270b, 271:286, 286a:286b, 287:304, 304a:304b, 305:336, 336a:336b, 337:342, 342a:342b, 343:354, 354a:354b, 355:364, 364a:364b, 365:378, 378a:378b, 379:382, 382a:382b, 383:386, 386a:386b, 387:394, 394a:394b, 395:400, 400a:400b, 401:402, 402a:402b, 403:408, 408a:408b, 409:412, 412a:412b, 413:418, 418a:418b, 419:420, 420a:420b, 421:424, 424a:424b, 425:434, 434a:434b, 435:436, 436a:436b, 437:456, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- Bent, James Theodore
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