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— Moharhmed Ali 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 of Ali 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 ot 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 — Proposed SteamRoutes 

 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— Geologv — Mount 

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

 Spring's — Soil— Agriculture — Crops — Harvest— Comparative 

 Fertility of different Districts— Mineralogy— No Gold or 

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

 bles— Plants— Coloquintida— 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 



