TRAVELS IN ARABIA

Compiled And Arranged By Bayard Taylor

Revised By Thomas Stevens



CONTENTS

 

PAGE

CHAPTER I.

Sketch of Arabia; its Geographical Position and Ancient History

1

CHAPTER II.

Early Explorers of Arabia

8

CHAPTER III.

Niebuhr’s Travels in Yemen

14

CHAPTER IV.

Burckhardt’s Journey to Mecca and Medina

29

CHAPTER V.

Wellsted’s Explorations in Oman

40

CHAPTER VI.

Wellsted’s Discovery of an Ancient City in Hadramaut

55

CHAPTER VII.

Burton’s Pilgrimage

62

CHAPTER VIII.

Palgrave’s Travels in Central Arabia: from Palestine to the Djowf

83

CHAPTER IX.

Palgrave’s Travels—Residence in the Djowf

107

CHAPTER X.

Palgrave’s Travels—Crossing the Nefood

127

CHAPTER XI.

Palgrave’s Travels—Life in Ha’yel

138

CHAPTER XII.

Palgrave’s Travels—Journey to Bereydah

176

CHAPTER XIII.

Palgrave’s Travels—Journey to Ri’ad the Capital of Nedjed

201

CHAPTER XIV.

Palgrave’s Travels—Adventures in Ri’ad

217

CHAPTER XV.

Palgrave’s Travels—His Escape to the Eastern Coast

240

CHAPTER XVI.

Palgrave’s Travels—Eastern Arabia

259

CHAPTER XVII.

Lady Blunt’s pilgrimage to Nejd

279

ILLUSTRATIONS

Night March In The Desert

Frontispiece

 

FACING PAGE

The Coffee Hills of Yemen

19

View of El-Medina

39

A valley in Oman

51

The ruins of Nakab El-Hadjar, in Hadramaut

59

View of Medina from the West

69

Camp at Mount Arafat

77

Costume of Pilgrims to Mecca

81

William Gifford Palgrave

84

An Arab Chief

105

Captain Burton as a Pilgrim

129

The village of El-Suwayrkiyah

184

An arab encampment

190

Death on the desert

208






JOSEPH AND HIS FRIEND

A Story of Pennsylvania

By Bayard Taylor



CONTENTS

I. Joseph
II. Miss Blessing
III. The Place and People
IV. Miss Blessing calls on Rachel Miller
V. Elwood's Evening, and Joseph's
VI. In the Garden
VII. The Blessing Family
VIII. A Consultation
IX. Joseph and his Friend
X. Approaching Fate
XI. A City Wedding
XII. Clouds
XIII. Presentiments
XIV. The Amaranth
XV. A Dinner Party
XVI. Joseph's Trouble, and Philip's
XVII. A Storm
XVIII. On the Railroad Track
XIX. The "Wharf-rat"
XX. A Crisis
XXI. Under the Water
XXII. Kanuck
XXIII. Julia's Experiment
XXIV. Fate
XXV. The Mourners
XXVI. The Accusation
XXVII. The Labels
XXVIII. The Trial
XXIX. New Evidence
XXX. Mr. Blessing's Testimony
XXXI. Beginning another Life
XXXII. Lettersâ?"I. Joseph to Philip
XXXIII. All are Happy