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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' [229] (278/552)
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MERBAT AND AL HAFA
229
Jebel Akhdar, and then to pass through the territory of the
Jenefa tribe to Ghubbet el Hashish, which takes its name
not from land grass, but from seaweed. There a boat was
to meet us and take us westward ; in this way we should
avoid a stretch of desert which the Bedouin themselves
shrink from, and which is impassable to Europeans. We
could not procure any information about our journey to the
Jebel Akhdar, as it does not appear to be the fashion at
Maskat to go inland. However, both our old friend the
Sultan Feysul and Colonel Sadler took infinite trouble to
arrange for our journey; camels were hired and a horse for
me, and the sheikhs of the tribes through whose country we
should have to pass were summoned to escort us.
Owing, however, to the illness of some of our party, we
were at the last moment obliged to defer the expedition;
though we had made all the preparations we could for the
great cold we should have to encounter, the change of
climate would have been injurious to Imam Sharif and two
of his men. As events proved it was fortunate we did so,
for the insurrection (which I have already mentioned) broke
out almost immediately afterwards, and in all probability
we should not have returned alive to relate our experiences.
We next determined to go by sea to Merbat, and thence
explore the Dhofar and Gara mountains. The sultan
offered us the use of his ha til, which was preparing to go to
Zenghiber, as they call Zanzibar. We found on inspection
that it was a small decked boat, with a very light upper deck
at the stern, supported by posts. They were busy smearing
the ship with fish oil. We were told it might be ready m
three days, and we might take seven days or more over the
voyage. However, we were delivered from this long voyage,
for, unexpectedly, a steamer arrived most opportunely for us.
As it was not the pilgrim season, and as there was no
cholera about, we ventured on this steamer, which is one of
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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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- YC.1995.b.7122
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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'
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- 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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