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SOUTHERN ARABIA. [CH.

wide at the base, and terminating in a point,
having a small aperture : to this the mouth
of the practitioner is then applied, and after
the air is exhausted by suction, the blood
flows freely until it fills the glass ; the opera­
tion being repeated as often as may be requi­
site.

Mills for expressing oil from the seeds of
the Scsamnni orientale are much used at Ma-
kullah. A cylinder, about seven feet in
height, is traversed at the upper part, where
it is somewhat widened, by a roller attached
to a transverse beam turned by a camel, and
as the former presses against the sides, the
oil exudes, and is received in a basin placed
beneath.
The inhabitants of Makullah and the other
towns of Southern Arabia have few cha­

racteristics in common with those of Om&n
and the shores .of the Red Sea. They are
lean, very swarthy, and usually below the
middle size. Their hair, instead of being
shaven or plaited, either flows over their
shoulders in curling ringlets, or is collected
behind in a huge bunch, and covered with a
leathern bag. The upper portion of their