ISBN: 9781130240955

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RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 132 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 Excerpt: . . . religion is I cannot tell. They adopt some of the forms of the Mahomedan faith, but at feasts and marriages they raise the cross as a sign of rejoicing. They are the best guides for the desert, knowing where water is to be found and the position of the various tribes. Those of them I saw seemed much more intelligent than the Arabs, and they have more of a European than an Asiatic cast of countenance. They come mounted on large white donkeys, bearing much the same things as the Bedouins for sale. The saddle is peculiar. There is first a pad in front, and behind an upright piece of wood. To those two pieces of wood hollowed out are attached side by side so as to form a hollow seat. They sit in this hollow seat, cross their legs like tailors with the anterior upright between their thighs, and their feet on either side of the donkeys neck. They use no bridle. The inhabitants of the desert are allowed to enter Koweit on depositing their arms at the gate; and it has been the custom from the time of the present Sheiks grandfather, to feed not only all who enter, hut the poor of the place besides. This is a very healthy town; there is little or no ophthalmia at any time, and very little intermittent fever. There has been no small-pox for long. The chief diseases seem to be syphilis and gonorrhoea brought from Bombay, and the consequent secondary syphilis and stricture. The disease next in frequency is rheumatism, but that is more prevalent at this season of the year than at any other. The drinking water is slightly brackish, but very much better than that commonly used in Bushire. The best wells are about half a mile south of the town. During the hot weather the nights are said to be always cool, and during the day the hot dry blast of the desert is tempered in i. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub.com<

ISBN: 1130240959

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2012, ISBN: 9781130240955

General Books LLC , Mar-2012. softcover. New. pp. 132, General Books LLC