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Author’s disappointment—Women . . 146
Return to Neswah . . • .147
Desertion of guides . . . 148
Anecdote . . . • .150
Bedowin Chief . . . • 153
Love of the Desert—Cheerful temperament of the Bedowin 154
Anecdotes—Domestic manners . . .156
Games—Story-tellers, &c. . . . 159
Expectation of reaching the Wahhabi capital . . 162
Unexpected obstacles—Conduct of British agent at Maskat 164
Munificence of Imam . . . 165
Dangerous illness . . . .166
Return to sea-coast . . . . 167
Affecting incident . . . .172
Fortitude of Bedowins . . . 174
Imam’s presents of fruit, &c.—Anecdote . . 177
Grateful recollections of Sayyid S'iid’s kindness . 179
Burka . . . . .183
Population—Trade . . . . 184
Revenue—Arab law-suits—Bazar . . .185
Fishery . . . . . 186
Mesnah—Sheikh . . . .187
Distillation of arrack . . . 189
Superb shells—A Sheikh’s wife . . .190
Sayyid Hil51—Personal appearance, &c. . . 191
Energy and influence of Arab women . .193
Sayyid Hil&l’s household . . . 195
Story-tellers . . . . .196
Arab artillery—Manufactures of Suweik . . 197
Arab horsemanship—weapons . . .198
Departure from Suweik . . . 199
Irruption of Wahhabis .... 200
Desertion of guard—Romantic situation of Feletch . 203
Ragged regiment—Dangerous ford . . 204
Mountain torrent . . . . 205
Cheerful scene—Dangerous ford . . . 206
Progress of vegetation . . . 208