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Monfieur la Roque, or rather Monfielir de la Mer^eille, whofc 
Letters make the principal Part of the Voyage to Arabia Felix ^ 
publilh’d by that Author, has obferv’d a great many things with 
relation to the CoHee-Trade in Arabia, which are new. Thcfe, 
with fome other JParticulars concerning the Geography of that 
Country, which I did not think it lb proper to iepar^te from the 
reft, make the Subject of part of the fourth Letter. 
I return, lays he, to the Subject of our Voyage, which was to 
purchale Coftee, and lb tranlport it to Europe •, but I ought firll: 
to fay Ibmething concerning the Country which produces this va- 
luable Plant which we go lb far to fetch. 
Arabia in general is known to be the vaft Country which ex- 
tends from the Streights of the Red Sea to the Gulf of Perjia, 
and from the Eaftern Ocean, or Great India7i Sea, to the Fron- 
tiers of Syria, Palejline, and Egypt, forming the greatell Peninfula 
that is in the known World. The Diviflon of this Country into 
Arabia Veferta, Petr^ea^ and Felix, has not been follow d by the 
Eaftern Geographers and Hiftorians. By them it has always been 
divided into feveral Kingdoms and Provinces, polTelTed even to 
this day by Kings and Princes depending neither on the Grand 
Seignior, nor King of Perjia. 
One of the moft conliderable of thele Kingdoms is that of 
Temen, which comprehends the greateft Part of the Country called 
Arabia Felix j on the Eaft it is extended along the Ocean from 
Aden to Cape Rafalgat, i. e. from Gulf to Gulf On the South 
and Weft Side it is bounded by the Red Sea, and by the Country 
of Mecca on the North. 
This Kingdom alone produces Coftee, and it is only found in 
great abundance in three Cantons of it, thole of Betelfaguay^ 
Sanaa, and Galbany. All the Riches, Plenty, and Pleafure of that 
Kingdom is owing to the mountainous Parts of it \ for along the 
Sea-Side, in Ibme Places twelve Leagues in breadth, the Country 
is dry and barren, and would be infuppor table, were it not for 
the Mountains which border it. 
While we were at Aden^ before our Arrival at Mocca^ we 
might have loaded Coftee in abundance, which comes from Sanaa 
2iXidiGalbany \ but thele being not lb much efteem’d as thole obi Betel- 
fagaay^ we relblv’d to go on to Mocca, where, after having made 
a Treaty with the Governour, we went to Betelfaguay, and cfta- 
blilh’d a Facftory there. 
It is five and thirty Leagues diftant from Mocca towards the 
bottom of the Red Sea. We went it ordinarily in two Days along 
the Sides of the Mountains, lying the firft Night at a Town 
called Zebit, The 
