. La terre et ses habitants ... La géographie. NOETH 254-est. AFEIOA et 300 navires arabes, qui a effectué le riz, dates, sel, cauris, et européen mer- chandise, à échanger contre des esclaves, des mules, des bêtes sauvages, et les nombreux produits de l'Abyssin spurs, comme la gomme, ivoire, plumes d'autruche, peaux, de cire, de musc, de grains, et de café. Souakin est le port où les pèlerins s'envoler pour la Mecque, au nombre de six ou sept mille dollars par année ; la distance de là à Jeddah se trouve à environ 32 km y compris les déviations causées par les récifs. Les marchands d'esclaves de l'intérieur se présentent dans le

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. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 254 NOETH-EAST AFEIOA. and 300 Arab vessels, which carried rice, dates, salt, cowries, and European mer- chandise, to be exchanged for slaves, mules, wild beasts, and the many products of the Abyssinian spurs, such as gum, ivory, ostrich feathers, skins, wax, musk, grains, and coffee. Suakin is the port where the pilgrims embark for Mecca, to the number of six or seven thousand annually ; the distance from here to Jeddah is about 20 miles including the deviations caused by the reefs. The slave merchants from the interior present themselves in the disguise of ordinary travellers, accompanied by their wives, concubines, and servants. But on their return from Arabia to Suakin, Fig. 84.—Suakin in 1882. Scale 1: 50.000. ;., X..s^^^^^^'t:>V N'^^', - -^. v^.;i>:; 57°Q0 if [7 r e e n '^M r H. s/^ea Depths. 0 to 32 Feet. 32 to 64 Feet. 64 Feet and upwards. Sands and coral reefs exposed at low water. 1.100 Yards. they have no longer wives or servants ; divorce, desertion, and unforeseen events being supposed to have relieved them of their families and followers. The town, overlooked by several minarets, consists of stone houses with wooden balconies and " musharabiehs " elegantly carved. It is a cosmopolitan cit}'-, where the trade is chiefly in the hands of the Arabs. Turks and Hedarmeh, or " Men of Hadramaut, " here meet the Greek, Maltese, or European merchants. But the native population live in huts of branches covered with mats outside the town in the suburb of El-Kef. It is a far more extensive place than Suakin itself, with which it is connected by a low bridge some 330 feet long, and since 1884 by a railway. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane,

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