48 DRESS OF THE NATIVES. 



hastening the departure of the kafila; and from 

 the day of the Vizier's first appearance in Tajourah, 

 I found the boxes were gradually removed from 

 under our own care to the houses of the carriers. 

 On occasions of counsel, it was usual for the prin- 

 cipal men of the town (Hukells, as I heard them 

 called) to assemble in front of the Sultaun's resi- 

 dence, where they sat upon their heels, or upon the 

 large stones and trunks of the date trees placed 

 for that purpose. With his back leaning against 

 the enclosure of his own house, the Sultaun 

 Mahomed occupied a stone, with Izaak generally 

 sitting on another by his side, together helping the 

 parties present to small cups of strong black coffee. 

 This was poured out of a long-necked, globular, 

 earthenware vessel, of common red clay, into the 

 mouth of- which was stuffed a quantity of dried 

 grass, to act as a strainer. The cups were of the 

 same coarse manufacture, being exactly in form 

 and appearance like the very smallest flower-pots in 

 a green-house, except that the latter, without the 

 aperture at the bottom, would, I think, be much 

 more elegant and convenient. 



The usual dress of the males of Tajourah was 

 the fotah, or waist-cloth, and the sarree, which is 

 an Indian term for part of a woman's dress, 

 exactly corresponding to it in use and shape. It 

 is a long robe, worn round the body, generally 

 of white calico, with a red or blue border at the 

 two extremities; it is usually among the towns- 



