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wasted in useless disputes with the neigh
bouring tribes; and, not content with the
treasure amassed by his predecessor, he con &
tinued, under various pretences, to extort
money from different individuals, until they
fled from his dominions to avoid his arbitrary
exactions, and Aden has gradually fallen
into its present miserable state. A great
many of the foreign articles consumed at :.v:
Lahedsje, instead of coming from Aden, are
even brought round by the way of Sana from
MokM. Sultan Mahassan’s career has, how 1
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ever, nearly ended: his enemies, before we
left the coast, had sacked Aden; and the
neighbouring tribes will not now cease from I
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annoying him, until they possess themselves
of a considerable share of that wealth which
he has so disreputably acquired.
Manufactures of ail kinds are scarce at !
Yemen; but at Lahedsje I saw about thirty
silk weavers at work. The yarn is received
from India, and the colours are good.