THE RED SEA— THE GALEA TONGUE 



Desert and Water Gardens of the Red Sea. Bang an account of the natives 

 and the shore formations of the coast. By Cyril Crossland, M.A. Cantab.., 

 B.Sc. Lond., F.L.S., F.Z.S.., Marine Biologist to the Sudan Government. 



Demy 8vo. 



pp. 



xvi+158. With 91 maps and illustrations and 

 12 diagrams. Price 10s. 6J. net 



The portion of the Red Sea coast described in this book (that between 

 18° N. and 22^ N. on the western side) is, says the author, one of the least 

 known coast-lines in the world. The country is a desert with a sparse 



population ot nomads; no steamer passes 

 within miles ot the outermost reefs; and 

 native vessels sail by at the rate of about 

 one a month. 



The fact, moreover, that the country 

 is only artificially made habitable at all adds 

 interest to the author's narrative in which 

 information of general interest, as well as a 

 description of things and peoples peculiar 

 to the country, is included. 



Part I deals with the coast and its 

 people, social and religious conditions, 

 fishermen and pearl divers ; Part II with 

 corals and coral animals, the building of 

 reefs, and the making of the Red Sea. 



In a postscript to his preface the 

 author finds that his book has a moral, 

 a thing never intended ! " It is that real romance and beauty are to be 

 found in things as they are, so that the man of science, popularly supposed 

 to be hardened by ' materialistic ' pursuits, has opportunities for a truer 

 worship than has the sentimentalist who bows before idols of his own 

 imagination." 



Arabian Sword Dance 



A Galla-English English-Galla Dictionary). Collected and Compiled by 

 E. C. Foot., F.R.G.S. Published with the aid and approval of H.M. 

 Foreign Office. 



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PP- 



viii-H 118. Price 6.' 



"The Galla," says the compiler in his Preface, "are a very numerous 

 people. They are found in Abyssinia from Harrar on the east to the Sudan 

 frontier on the west and from Wollo down to the southern frontier." 



Sir John Harrington, for twelve years H.M. Minister in Abyssinia, 

 declares that "a book of this nature has been a long-felt want in the in- 

 terest of travellers and others to facilitate direct dealings with the Gallas. 



It should be of service not only in Abyssinia but also on her frontiers 



with the Sudan, Uganda and East Africa." 



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