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Hute’imi, the same stigma would attach itself
to the individual as if he had maltreated a

female. It would be fortunate if this feeling
extended to their property, but this they
appropriate whenever an opportunity offers.
To protect themselves from their rapacity,
many branches of the Hute’imi put them­
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selves under the protection of the several
Sheikhs on the sea-coast, which is then
respected.
But little resemblance can be traced be­

tween the features of the Bedowins and the
Hute’imi, the features of the latter being
more sharpened, their cheeks hollow, and
their eyes seated deeper in their head. The
nose is long, thin, and strongly aquiline;
the chin remarkably broad, and the whole
expression of their countenances heavy and
dull. By this breadth of the chin we were
generally enabled to recognise them.
Another peculiarity is observable in their
hair, which is permitted to grow to some

length, and appears changed in those parts
most exposed to the action of the sun and
salt water from its original black to a light
red colour. The poorness of the fish diet,