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270 COAST OF ARABIA. [CH.

After frequent inquiry, I received the fol­

lowing statement of the number that arrived
by sea, which however must be considered as
merely an approximation :—

From India................................................ 2,000
Malay Coast................................................ 1,800
Persian Gulf ...... 4,000
From Suez and Kosair—this comprises those
pilgrims who arrive from Turkey, Asia Minor,
&c., and many from the interior of Africa, who
sail down the Nile to Cairo 20,000
From Hodeidah, MokhS. and the Southern Ara­
bian Ports ...... 3,000
From the ports on the Abyssinian side, Suwakin,
Dahalak, &c., principally poor negro pilgrims 2,000

The remainder of those assembled arrived
by the caravans.
I have before mentioned that we obtained

abundance of sheep whenever we fell in with
the Bedowins on the sea-coast. These were
of two kinds, one white with a black face, and
similar to those brought from Abyssinia; the
other dark-brown, with long matted hair re­
sembling that of goats. Though small, the
flesh of the latter was well tasted.
The Bedowins in the northern Hejaz sub­
sist principally on what they derive from the
sale of butter made from the milk of their