Compiled And Arranged By Bayard Taylor Revised By Thomas Stevens |
CONTENTS | PAGE | CHAPTER I. | Sketch of Arabia; its Geographical Position and Ancient History | 1 | CHAPTER II. | Early Explorers of Arabia | 8 | CHAPTER III. | Niebuhr’s Travels in Yemen | 14 | CHAPTER IV. | Burckhardt’s Journey to Mecca and Medina | 29 | CHAPTER V. | Wellsted’s Explorations in Oman | 40 | CHAPTER VI. | Wellsted’s Discovery of an Ancient City in Hadramaut | 55 | CHAPTER VII. | Burton’s Pilgrimage | 62 | CHAPTER VIII. | Palgrave’s Travels in Central Arabia: from Palestine to the Djowf | 83 | CHAPTER IX. | Palgrave’s Travels—Residence in the Djowf | 107 | CHAPTER X. | Palgrave’s Travels—Crossing the Nefood | 127 | CHAPTER XI. | Palgrave’s Travels—Life in Ha’yel | 138 | CHAPTER XII. | Palgrave’s Travels—Journey to Bereydah | 176 | CHAPTER XIII. | Palgrave’s Travels—Journey to Ri’ad the Capital of Nedjed | 201 | CHAPTER XIV. | Palgrave’s Travels—Adventures in Ri’ad | 217 | CHAPTER XV. | Palgrave’s Travels—His Escape to the Eastern Coast | 240 | CHAPTER XVI. | Palgrave’s Travels—Eastern Arabia | 259 | CHAPTER XVII. | Lady Blunt’s pilgrimage to Nejd | 279 | ILLUSTRATIONS Night March In The Desert | Frontispiece | | FACING PAGE | The Coffee Hills of Yemen | 19 | View of El-Medina | 39 | A valley in Oman | 51 | The ruins of Nakab El-Hadjar, in Hadramaut | 59 | View of Medina from the West | 69 | Camp at Mount Arafat | 77 | Costume of Pilgrims to Mecca | 81 | William Gifford Palgrave | 84 | An Arab Chief | 105 | Captain Burton as a Pilgrim | 129 | The village of El-Suwayrkiyah | 184 | An arab encampment | 190 | Death on the desert | 208 |
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