THE ARAB. 



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market followed by a Hieland tail, proudly, as 

 if he were lord of the three Arabias. Negroes 

 who dislike the whip clear out like hawk-fright- 

 ened pigeons. A yellow man, with short, thin 

 beard, and high, meagre, and impassive features, 

 he is well-dressed and gorgeously armed. Ob- 

 serve that he is 6 breek-less ' : trowsers are 6 un- 

 Arab,' and unpopular as were the servile braccas 

 amongst the Romans. The legs, which, though 

 spare, are generally muscular and well-turned, 

 appear beneath the upper coat, which falls to the 

 knee. He adheres to the national sandals, thick 

 soles of undyed leather, with coloured and 

 spangled straps over the instep, whilst a narrow 

 thong passes between the big toe and its neigh- 

 bour. The foot-gear gives him that peculiar 

 strut which is deemed dignified, and if he has a 

 long walk before him — a very improbable con- 

 tingency — he must remove his chaussure. I 

 never yet saw a European who could wear the 

 sandal without foot-chafing. 



Eight meek by the side of the Arab's fierce- 

 ness appears the Banyan, the local Jew. These 

 men are Bhattias from Cutch in western India ; 

 unarmed burghers, with placid, satisfied coun- 

 tenances, and plump, sleek, rounded forms, sug- 

 gesting the idea of happy, well-to-do cows. Such 



