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398 THE MAHEI ISLAND OF SOKOTEA
silence, and found everyone asleep and the ship lying to
out of sight of any land.
The captain said they imagined we had passed Aden in
the dark, and thinking they should soon be among rocks or
coral-reefs had stopped; a dreadful uproar then arose, and
everyone on the ship shouted different directions for steering.
My husband desired them to steer north that we might find
land, as none of them had any idea of our longitude. At last
we saw a steamer, presumably from Aden, and getting north
of her and steering west we at length had Africa on our
port side again, and reached Aden by the following sunrise,
though it took us till two o'clock to get into port.

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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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1 volume (455 pages)
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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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