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YEMEN.
[CHAP. XXIII.
western extremity, in a kind of bay or recess here formed by
the great chain, is the small agricultural district of Zohran,
occupying part of the slopes of Jebel Kara and Jebel Jara.
Surface of the The tract lying westward of the mountains at the south
eastern extremity of the Hijaz, is for the most part flat, the
rest of the surface being partially intersected with hills which
gradually sink into the level tract stretching along the sea,
and bearing the name of the adjoining district of Tehameh, to
which, taken in the largest sense, it may be said to belong.
Towns. On the western slope of the chain are the towns of Mok-
howa, Shagga, and Doga. The first is a stone-built and large
town, with a good market, and is situated in a fertile country;
the second is a small place, and the third, which is one day
south-eastward from thence, has also a good market, but the
houses are constructed only of brushwood and reeds. 1 On the
coast, towards the south-east, are the fort of Leet, or Liht,
with a small town and harbour formed by the island of Kish-
ran. Two days and a half southward is the well-known port
of Coomfidah; and again, one day further in the same direc
tion, the small harbour of Halli, at the southern limits of the
territory of Mekkah and that of the Hijaz. 2
Extent of Yemen, the adjoining province, is at the southern extremity
of Arabia, having the Indian Ocean on the south, the Red
Sea on the west, the Hijaz on the north, and on the east the
desert of Ahkaf, with part of the province of Hadramaut, and
it contains a superficies amounting to nearly 68,700 square
miles.
Natural divi- There are two natural divisions of this territory, viz., the
upper or mountain districts, forming Yemen Proper, and
Tehameh, or the low country, which stretches between the
former and the sea, from the borders of Hijaz to the district of
Aden. 3
Desert tracts, occasionally sandy, prevail throughout Teha
meh, which has a width of one day's journey at Mokha, and
of two days opposite to Hodeida and Loheia. This district
has few permanent streams, yet it contains several towns and
1 Burckhardt's Travels in Arabia, vol. II., pp. 388, 389.
8 Ibid. 3 Ibid.