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SOUTHERN ARABIA. [CII.

CHAPTER XXI.

Shugra—Coffee Trade—Exposal of Property—Severe punish-
ment of Theft—Sultan Ahmed—Futhali Arabs—Infanticide
—Reimus—El Imshop—Tribes of Jaffa—Howhar—Tenure of
Land—Nassaub—Population— Troops—Arab Cavalry—Com­
merce of Howhar — Abundance of Fish—Broom—Climate—
Produce—Water—Inhospitable to Strangers—Population—
Produce.

Quitting Aden and advancing to the east­
ward, we found no permanent stations along
the coast until we arrived at Shugra, a small
straggling hamlet consisting of about a hun­
dred houses, and treble that number of huts.
It derives its only importance from being the
sea-port of the district of Jaffa. They have no
warehouses, and the merchandise, as it arrives
either from the bagal&s which touch here, or
from the interior, is lodged on the beach.

Coffee, and madder in its unprepared state,
called Fuah, appear to be the principal ex-

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