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mission in Arabia. That we were so long in making full use of
this fund was because the conditions were new and complicated,
and、ve wished to have a good experimental knowledge of them
before committing them and our successors to permanent locations.
Our experience with houses in Muscat has been a varied one.
When I first reached here (in 1891) I occupied during my twe
weeks’ stay rooms over a native storehouse—the same from which
Bishop French was carried to his grave a month or two before
When Peter Zwemcr came down to occupy this station later on
he hired a native house, one of the best in Muscat, only to be com­
pelled to move out to make room for a French consul. Again he
hired a house and made a few necessary repairs, but before the
year was up the roof foil in一fortunately while he was n、v:iy. I clc
not remember how many changes were eventually made before th<
last, which took him outside the walls and to our present location
An illustration of this house, as it appeared at first, is shown or