b CONTENTS, 



ditionfrom Egypt lands at Yembo — Defeat of Toussoun Bey 

 at Jedeida — Recapture of Medina by the Turks — Thomas 

 Keith, a Native of Edinburgh, made Governor of the City — 

 Recovery of Mecca and Hejaz — Mohammed All takes the 

 Command in Person — Arrest and Death of Ghaleb — Repulse 

 of the Turks at Taraba — Capture of Gonfode— Death of 

 Saoud — Accession of Abdallah — Strength of the Turkish 

 Army — Defeat of the Wahabees at Bissel — Surrender of Ta- 

 raba and Beishe — Cruelties of Ali — His Return to Egypt — 

 Campaign of Toussoun in Nejed — Treaty of Peace with Ab- 

 dallah — Treachery ol AU and Renewal of Hostilities — Expe- 

 dition under Ibrahim Pasha — His success in Nejed — Siege 

 and Surrender of Deraiah — Death of Abdallah— Suppression 

 of the Wahabees and Destruction of their Capital — Reflec 

 tions on the Character of their Government and Religion 254 



CHAPTER VIII. 



SOCIAL STATE OF THE ARABS. 



National Character ol the Arabs — Their Family Pride — Orders 

 of Nobility — Their Domestic Life — Their Tents — Furniture — 

 Mode of Encamping — Dress — Personal Appearance — Acute- 

 ness of their Senses — Sagacity in tracing Footsteps — Their 

 Arms — Food and Cookery — Manner of Eating — Diseases — 

 Wealth and Industry — Marriage — Divorce — Education of 

 their Children — Funerals — Modes of Salutation — Hospitality 

 Warfare — Robbery and Theft — The Blood-revenge — Amuse- 

 ments — Poetry and !Music — Learning — Medicine — Supersti- 

 tions — Language — Arts — Commerce — ProposedSteamRoutes 

 by the Euphrates and the Red Sea — Population— Concluding 

 Reflections 306 



CHAPTER IX. 



NATURAL HISTORY OF ARABIA 



Want of Information on the Natural History of Arabia — Scien- 

 tific Discoveries of the Danish Travellers — Geology — Mount 

 Sinai — Hills of Hejaz and Yemen — Volcanic Rocks — Hot 

 Springs — Soil— Agriculture — Crops — HarA-est — Comparative 

 Fertility of different Districts — Mineralogy — No Gold or 

 Silver Mines in Arabia — Precious Stones — Botaxy — Vegeta- 

 bles — Plants — Coloquiniida — Tobacco — Hemp — Trees and 

 Shrubs — Fruit-trees — The Palm —Date-groves — Manna — 

 Gum-arabic — Honey — Shrubs — The Nebek — Tamarisk — 

 Balsam of Mecca — The Gharkad — Henna — Acacia — Incense 

 Tree — Coffee — Zoology — Wild Animals — Hyenas — Mon- 

 keys — Rock-goats — Hares — Jerboas, &c ..... 349 



