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worn by the Sheikhs are of a light-brown,

or cream colour, and sell for forty or fifty
dollars; the black camoline, and those

striped in alternate vertical bars of brown
and white, eight or ten dollars. The camo­

line forms the most important article of their
dress, and its quality denotes the condition

and rank of the wearer.