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XXII.] SOUTHERN ARABIA. 435

laban mati, less fragrant, but preferred for
chewing. Several other kinds, such as the
summer, kit&d, and myrrh, together with
sheep and poultry, are also brought from the
Abyssinian shore. Tobacco, indigo, and
wheat, arrive in large quantities from the in­

terior; not less than five thousand bales of
the former being annually exported, prin­

cipally to the Suhili coast. Owing, however,
to an imperfect mode of cultivation, it is little
esteemed in other places. One dollar for
twenty pounds is the price at which tobacco
sells at Makullah.

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