A journey through the Yemen and some general remarks upon that country

PART II.—A JOURNEY THROUGH THE YEMEN.

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I. ADEN, 121

II. ADEN TO LAHEJ, 151

III. LAHEJ TO KHOREIBA, 174

IV. ACROSS THE TURKISH FRONTIER, 200

V. SOBEH TO YERIM, 223

VI. YERIM TO DHAMAR, 247

VII. DHAMAR TO SANAA, 263

VIII. SANAA, THE CAPITAL OF THE YEMEN, 299

IX. SANAA TO MENAKHA, 323

X. MENAKHA To HODAIDAH, 341

XI. HODAIDAH, 358

APPENDIX.

GENEALOGICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL TREE OF THE IMAMS OF SANAA, 374

A LIST OF THE IMAMS OF SANAA, GIVING THEIR FULL TITLES, 375

PEDIGREE OF THE REIGNING ABDALI SULTAN OF LAHEJ, 376

INDEX, 377

ILLUSTRATIONS.

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

BAZAAR AT DHAMAR, _Frontispiece_

COFFEE PLANTATION ON TERRACES AT ATTARA, NEAR MENAKHA, _To face page_ 8

VIEW OF MOUNTAIN-RANGES NEAR SÔK EL-KHAMIS, ON THE ROAD FROM SANAA TO HODAIDAH, ” 18

ANCIENT TANK AT MENURA, NEAR DHAMAR, ” 38

HOWTA, THE CAPITAL OF LAHEJ, ” 60

MENAKHA, ” 110

TOMB AND MOSQUE OF SHEIKH OTHMAN NEAR ADEN, ” 122

PALACE OF THE SULTAN OF LAHEJ, ” 162

MY RECEPTION BY THE SULTAN OF LAHEJ, ” 170

KHOREIBA, ” 198

VIEW OF AZAB, ” 218

MAN AND WOMAN OF THE HIGHLANDS OF THE YEMEN, ” 228

MOSQUE AT BEIT SAÏD, ” 232

UPPER FLOOR OF A KHAN AT YERIM, ” 248

MY QUARTERS AT DHAMAR, ” 260

KARIAT EN-NEGIL, ” 262

JIBEL DORAN—EARLY MORNING, ” 282

KHADAR, ” 286

VIEW FROM WAALAN, ” 288

THE AUTHOR BEING EXAMINED AND HIS PASSPORT READ IN THE PRESENCE OF AHMED FEIZI PASHA, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE YEMEN, ” 292

MENAKHA, FROM THE NORTH, ” 322

THE VILLAGE OF EL-HAJRA, ” 342

TURKISH CAMP OF HOJAILA, ” 348

GATE OF A WALLED VILLAGE IN THE YEMEN, ” 354

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.

A NATIVE OF THE TEHÁMA, 68

A YEMENI, 78

JEW OF THE YEMEN, 82

TURKISH TROOPS ON THE MARCH, 103

MAIN PASS, ADEN, 144

A VALLEY IN YEMEN, 193

CASTLE OF AMIR OF DHALA, 195

A GIRL OF THE YEMEN, 204

VILLAGE OF AREDOAH, 213

BEIT EN-NEDISH, 226

INSCRIBED STONE AT MUNKAT, NEAR YERIM, 243

MOSQUE AND MINARET AT DHAMAR, 259

HIRRAN, 273

CAVE-TOMBS, HIRRAN, 274

GROUND-PLAN OF TOMB III., 275

INTERIOR OF TOMB III., HAIT HIRRAN, 276

ENTRANCE TO TOMB IV., HAIT HIRRAN, 277

THE AUTHOR IN PRISON AT SANAA, 295

TURKISH OFFICERS IN A _CAFÉ_ AT SANAA, 308

TURKISH MOSQUE AT SANAA, AS SEEN FROM THE PRISON WINDOW, 316

TURKISH SOLDIER, 317

GORGE NEAR MENAKHA, 332

VIEW NEAR WISIL, 344

A STREET IN HODAIDAH, 364

MAPS.

ADEN AND ITS SURROUNDINGS, _To face page_ 122

DHAMAR TO SANAA, ” 264

THE COUNTRY OF THE YEMEN, _At the end_

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE YEMEN.