IN THE KHAT MARKET-PLACE BEFORE THE HOUR FOR AUCTION 



Shrewd youngsters meet the khat caravan at the city gate. These urchins have been 

 bribed by the proprietors of the various bazaars to learn the relative quality of khat with 

 which each camel is loaded. The}- are the spies and scouts upon whose reports will depend 

 the liveliness of the bidding in the market-place. 



Photographs from Charles K. Moser 

 AFTER THE SALE OF ALL THE CHOICE KHAT THE DESPISED CASTES ENTER THE 

 MARKET-PLACE TO BUY THE REFUSE FOR A FEW PICE 



