3 o& TRAVELS TO DISCOVER; 



The Arabians confider long and flraight hair as beauti* 

 fiiL The Abymnians. prefer the fhort and curled. The 

 Arabians perfume themfelves and . their fhifts with a com*- 

 pofitidn of mulli, ambergreafe, incenfe, and benjoin, which 

 they mix with, the fharp horny nails that are at the extre-r 

 mity of the iim furrumbac ; but why. this ingredient is added 

 I know not, as the fmell of it, when burnt, does not at all 

 differ from that of horn. They put^all thefe ingredients into 

 a. kind of cenfer on charcoal, and .Hand over the fmoke of 

 it. The fmell is very agreeable; but, in Europe, it would; 

 be a very, experuive. article of luxury,. 



The Arab women are not black, there are even fome ex- 

 ceedingly fair. They are more corpulent than the men, 

 but. are not much efteemed.~-The Abyffinian girls, who 

 are bought for money, are greatly preferred ; among other 

 reafonsj becaufe their time of bearing children is longer; 

 few Arabian women have children after the age of .twenty^ 



At Loheia we received a letrer-Trom Mahomet Gibberti, 

 telling us, that it would yet be. ten days before he could 

 join us, and-deliring us to be ready by ahat time; This hur- 

 ried us extremely, for we were much afraid we fhould not 

 have time to fee the remaining part of the Arabian Gulf, to 

 where it joins with the Indian Ocean*. 



On the 27th, in the evening, we parted from Loheia, but 

 were obliged to tow the boat out. . About nine, we anchor- 

 ed between an ifland called Ormook, and the land ; about 

 el even, we fet fail with a ; wind at north-eaft, and pafTed a 

 clufler ofiflands on our left. . 



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