bJ*ACK AilABS. 



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jplantain^;, and "jack," was all that could be 

 pronii'cd ; Imt iluriiii** th(' season, mangnoptot'ns, 

 a variety of |»laiitaius and bananas, oranges, 

 pine-apples, mangoes, and other tropical fruits, 



about the Pedir Rajab's district, near the sea 

 coast, I retuviHMl on board in the ev^mxig With 

 tlic collection 1 liad made. 



Among the iiatives thai oeea&ionally came on 

 bcmi^d' iHtk bosttSir m mil as thoise s^en 



on 3liore, consisting of dil^-eal taces of Iliu- 

 doostau, Malays, Sec. there were several with tlu^ 

 African features aud liair ; none of whom, Iiow- 

 ever, were well-foruied or handsome men, but 

 dtm ienmed to possess great tmii^miB:!^ pow^t, 

 They wre of that Airican race designated the 

 " 13hick Arabs," who are sliipped as seamen on 

 hoai'd vessels at Bushire and other places iu tlie 

 Persian Gulf. When 1 was looking at this 

 variety of Ibe Hmkiim mm, <tf the rajali^s 

 followers said h« waB fee ptofpejfty the-mjiih, 

 aud he would sell him to me, if I wauted him. 

 As I did not re(|ttire a specimen of that kind, I 

 declined tliis very olihgiug oiler. The laud aud 

 spliiljjeee^ were for some days very regular, and 

 tit dt&ei% extir^nkdy Itr^fidar,, i^&rylng a&a in 

 tlieir degree of strength. The range of tlie 



