may be traced in Niebuhr’s. map of that country. The little river o f
Krim flows from Mahrah into the fame fe a ; and.Is followed by two or
three.brooksin Oinon. One or two fmall faline lakes occur in fituations
encircled with hills, which prevent the-water from palling.
The chief range of mountains Teems to proceed in the direction, of
the Red Sea; towards the N. not more than thirty miles diftant, but
fometimes in thé S. .about one.hundred and fifty, a circumftance which
imparts extent and fertility to. Yemen. The hills_ o f Omon feem a
continuation of thofe on the other-fide o f the Perfiangulf j and the files
in the mouth of that gulf may be regarded as fummits o f that range.
In the country of Seger, .commonly aferibedfo Hadramaut, there is a
range of hills remarkable for the product of frankincenfe.
T h e dire&ion o f the other ranges cannot be afcërtained in the imperfect
geography of the country. D ’Anyille has laid down a ridge palfing
th rough the centre, S. W. to N . E.^ b ut as he has erred fojgrofsly.as to
place Ared in .the S. W . and Kerjé in the N. E. of this ridge, while th e
reverie is the truth, as appears from Niebuhr, who is completely filent
concerning this chain, it cannot claim any authenticity. r That great
geographer has alfo placed the mountains o f Shemer, the Sehamer o f
Niebuhr, too far to the S. W., they being within ten days, or 200. miles,
o f Bagdad,* while by D ’Anvifie’s map they,are more than fevèn degrees,
Or 4 2 0 -g. miles; and it is -probable that they really belong to the Ram-
leah, or. mountains o f fand in D ’Anville’s map, which is open, to
jnoft effential improvements'in the whole interior parts o f this country.
In the divifion called Arabia Petrea the celebrated mountain of Sinai
mull: not be omitted, which prefents two fublime fummits o f red granite.
The fandy deferts o f Arabia are more f in k in g objefts than the mountains,
and might be laid down in the, maps with confiderable accuracy.
Erom Omon to Mecca the greater part o f Neged is one p.rpdi-
1 gious defert, interrupted towards the frontiers - of Hejaz and Yemen
by Kerjd, 'containing the diftridt of Surfa, and fome fertile fpots and
towns, indicated by Niebuhr. . The ,N. W. part of Neged prefents almpft
f * Niebuhr,, if).
a continued
a continued defert, ar<prpferi^ation' as appears o f the other, with to Deserts.
Arfe<1:0h thk W:: df: ttiehi-tikg'Jhhrrn, todTchfie Other places
mdh&obed by fa me kiSjfeor. ' fA-tM^dOfert? ftnfre is alfo the odRs of
SehaibeH | jg^ g others,‘whiefi W ^ & m a in for a
toffgmtte utfknd^n tof^eogriph^t'’"4'-' ’
greater‘-part of Arabia- bejh|' cdmpbfeW'of d ry’b'arren'deferts' of
fand,lwhblly dfeftituteJbfTivehsp,arid eOdfa?hhn|'Mi'hdre^hd thCrC a few
fea.ht?fJ'fp3-ihgs'of hratkifk- ftater, ojfrs'nb' afie^^Ml-^ih'yimphnie^T® j$ba
tanfcal inveftigatlbniS. The^WgeteWe^’ih rarelocA
dhfrdfitd;ahdcbn$fi;&ftefly-qf fpecieS abMftb.ehA
ofi-T1 Wrifcal1 fuh, - ‘with W o f f e y rfeffefhnfent f f e j
wh'aftfis g g g g M g f t f ? c ^ « l l b i f g '
m fhe’^'ebefd. ||||§f§S mhTe^|ryahtlj^ttpfm, e\iptfeVbia, tfap'eM^n? {ffl.
fdah*they-'have M e Externalfb etot^,raha^tfeSflMg in j S W W S i
pitlons-chmates obtain notice only‘from Ihei^fiM^tdarity: ’ here’ £ how-
tlidtMfft.of t^ p a f e h e ^ c a r d e l,^ to kebp
by I — oc'cafionally on’the
m-eli^Mnly uniformity1’o f M i dbfiiM
f l % p e ' tC * 1'V * ^ot*nift'% ^ b W ^ r n W o f Me’
^re^numefous d^fetod frdth jjh* ‘MoWIMs^ntp the'
RerSea, and f c a t t e r ^ j WyHt hand'jragrance and verdure wherever
they now : the mbuhtainiThemfely^toQ/^e^e thefejfeeams origL-
^te^b o u n d in:vegetation,Xo th.at thq’plants in this part of Arabia -may
bfeg^vepientiy d^ri^teddnto three; ckffes, namely; tfxofe that inhabit
the fea there, the plains, and the mountains. The fir.fi ofthefe divi/ions
ears a near affinity to the fcanty flora ., of the defert: la fandy foil impregnated
with fait, and an open expofure to the influence of. the fun
produce fimilar.efledts in both lunations,’ The champain country.be-
tWCen thf ffi°fe and the mountains, though traverfed by firearm-, is yet
too deficient in water , to fupport the luxuriant .vegetation: that difiin-
guifhes tlie plains of India : the lower -parrs are chiefly occupied by '
S f I S ® ° ther bumble;plants, which afford amoft:grateful'feftenancc
Th f f ° CkS aUd heidS ° f tHe Paftt)ral tribes that wander over them, ’
.Aeltdes of the.my,ejss. the yallks. among the mountainswand the plains’ -
vol. n , , T 1
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