til Km, ■:iiice the
MjPtJw*-' nsore
j; of
house, arid aboi
gunpowder, and
and the annual (
Fifteen miles
principal coinim
ip # l
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SMNN4 INI
sea. 1 he inhabitant* caisvu: m toe .Beni
and Xaracliie tribes, with seme Usman« and othes
in all amounting to about 4500 souls; they have so
of the ancient trade to India: gums, hides, coffee
quantities oi senna, being exported ir >m thence ii
cotton, cloths, lead, iron, crockery, rice, dates, si
aloes, frankincense- and other spices, and also so
there is besides a considerable coasting trade.' Tlx
this port to Sihun, now the capital of Hadramani',
«Jseb-el-Ak ar, W asel, Kaidah, a considerable >
al-Beti and Tarbal.7
In this district and'the bordering tract of . *
1 Royal Geographical Journal, vol. IX., p. 151,
* Edrisi, ed ^ au b e rt, rol. V., pp; 53, 149, B a w i de Voy*f
* ibid- *' Ibid., p. |S*2. ,
5 Royal Geo.;JtfUiaiahb"'d,.lX.4,®g. J.49, -ISO, ' * Ibid.
