MABEL VIRGINIA ANNA BENT.

13 Great Cumberland Place, W:

October 13, 1899.


CONTENTS

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[Bibliography] [ix]

SOUTHERN ARABIA

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[I]Manamah and Moharek[1]
[II]The Mounds of Ali[16]
[III]Our Visit to Rufa'a[30]

MASKAT

[IV]Some Historical Facts about Oman[45]
[V]Maskat and the Outskirts[63]

THE HADHRAMOUT

[VI]Makalla[71]
[VII]Our Departure into the Interior[81]
[VIII]The Akaba[88]
[IX]Through Wadi Kasr[98]
[X]Our Sojourn at Koton[111]
[XI]The Wadi Ser and Kabr Saleh[126]
[XII]The City of Shibahm[142]
[XIII]Farewell to the Sultan of Shibahm[162]
[XIV]Harassed by our Guides[177]
[XV]Retribution for our Foes[199]
[XVI]Coasting Eastward by Land[210]
[XVII]Coasting Westward by Sea[220]

DHOFAR AND THE GARA MOUNTAINS

[XVIII]Merbat and Al Hafa[227]
[XIX]The Gara Tribe[244]
[XX]The Gara Mountains[256]
[XXI]The Identification of Abyssapolis[268]
[XXII]Sailing from Kosseir to Aden[277]

AN AFRICAN INTERLUDE: THE EASTERN SOUDAN

[XXIII]Coasting along the Red Sea[287]
[XXIV]Halaib and Sawakin Kadim[298]
[XXV]Inland from Mersa Halaib[303]
[XXVI]Mohammed Gol[309]
[XXVII]'Dancing on Tom Tiddler's Ground, Picking up Gold'[313]
[XXVIII]Behind the Jebel Erba[327]

THE MAHRI ISLAND OF SOKOTRA

[XXIX]Kalenzia[343]
[XXX]Eriosh and Kadhoup[353]
[XXXI]Tamarida or Hadibo[361]
[XXXII]We Depart for the Land's End, i.e. Ras Momi[371]
[XXXIII]Mount Haghier and Fereghet[378]
[XXXIV]Back to the Ocean[390]

BELED FADHLI AND BELED YAFEI

[XXXV]Experiences with the Yafei Sultan[399]
[XXXVI]Among the Fadhli[412]
[XXXVII]From the Plain of Mis'hal to the Sea[421]
[Appendices] [431]
[Index] [451]

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