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Arabs Arab . Greek merchant merchan merchants ? and andPalestine andPalestine andPalestine Palestine JewsThe Jews JewsThe : The sun s saturated 1turated < barren rock rockseems rockseems rockseems seems to suck the life and moisture moisturefrom moisturefrom moisturefrom from human bodies In 20 squaremiles squaremiles square ' miles of n.j nj 01 . brown precloice precinices preciolces * and andpatche3 andpatche3 andpatches patche3 of ot sandy pain p'ain plain ? ' grow only a afew afew afew few trees no grass gras and one im imponunt imporituit 1mportunt ponunt porituit flower the Aden lily tound found toundin foundin foundIn in remote rock crevicesThe crevices crevice crevicesThe ! The modern town of ot Aden cen con center"d conter'd center ter"d terd ter'd " ' * > d around Steamer polnt point poIn . ( < Is i.s . con connected connected connected nected with the old town by the five fivemile fivemile fivemile mile Ma ala road rORd The old h tt t < wn wnlies wnlies wnlies lies huddled inside the crater where wherethe wherethe wherethe the rim is broken d down wn toward the thesea thesea thesea sea and o/erl o erl o/erlooks o erlooks oierlooks / oks the old harbor harborThere harborThere harborThere [ There t is said hi itl in the 1830s 18308 the thecutler thecutter thecutter cutler cutter from trom a British cruiser liter literiiy ht literplly c cIlly Illy ( iiy hung onto thp the th ' little stone jetty jettyWIth jettywith lettywith WIth grappling rAppling irons and a young youngnaval youngnaval youngnaval naval officer landing sword in inhand inhand inhand hand attheheadofhisparty at the head of his party drove drovehe droveihe he Arabs into the tht thc . mountainsWater mountainsWater mountains mountainsWater Water From the tho . Ante .J"ankl'l .Jankll Jankll A'anks Aanks " ' ' Is SoleiBehind SoldBehind Sold Solei SoldBehind Behind the town In a gorge of ofthe ofthe ofthe the era crater ter arranged like a row ot of otmasonry ofmasonry ofmasonry masonry cups each emptying emptymg Into Intothe intothe intothe the next lower one is the chain of ofreservoirs ofreservoirs ofreservoirs reservoirs known as the Aden tanks tanksThey tanksThey tanksThey They may have been built about 600A 600 600A 600A A D or earlier and some were wererestored wererestored wererestored restored after 1850 1856 by the BrItish BrItishUndoubtedly BritishUndoubtedly BritishUndoubtedly Undoubtedly they were made to tostore tostore tostore store the two showers or sQ st so of ot rain rainwhich rainwhich rainwhich which visit vult Aden about every other otheryear otheryear otheryear year ( ( the annual average averagt " is only onlyabout onlyabout onlyabout about three inches inche3) inche3 ) When the rain raincornell raincomes raincomes cornell comes the water is sold by auction auctionto to Arabs and others who carry it itaway itaway itaway away in tins goatskins goutsklns gcdtskiris or water wateri waterl l ( _ arts artsSupplies artsSupplles Supplies Supplles of W\tl W tl wit w ' \ > t ( r . 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' cone wh ch was once a twin twinto twinto twinto to the Aden v lea Ica o 0 ( Jeel Je6el Sham Shamsl ShamsI Shamstan sl sI an ) It n w st sl ii eiters elters in Its nat fiat natsandy fiatsandy flatsandy sandy coves an Arab fishing vii viiId viilage village villageAs Id lage e lageAi eAI As AI y u watch s me large Arab Arabdb Arabthu Arabdh db thu . < < w with a hi high h poop looking llke like likea likeii ii " caravel of tie ( tt (1 1 e Spanish Armada Armadasteals Armadasteals Armadasteals steals r ( iut ut fr tr n ti U it e inner harbor to tothe tothe tothe the sound of ot Its swet sweeps > ps to pick up upthe upthe upthe the e\ e even een \ en ng breeze n itg its way south southI I ater atet a Illtl little ! ' group of Somali Somalisailors Somalisailors Somalisailors sailors br wn fig res rca clothed In Inwhite inwhite inwhite white la Is Been seen sq atting aUlng round the theevenn theevenhi theevenn evenn evenhi g meal a bowlof bowl of m lIetIn lietIn llet lIet lletIn In the Cooler Eveninl Evening EveningLater Evening-1ater Evening 1ater " - Later , still stili the afterglow springs springsLII springsU"J springsu U"J UJ u " ( from rom be d j the line Ime ( it f crags cragsow cragsow cragsow ow iearJy i enrly early c e alblack al black and Lien Lienbriil U en enbrill bnll briil briila d a " t ra 1 I w r ys bars ban of lem lemn and arid pink pmk cut rut the the7Cfl the7pn n y ydl yll < ( 11 w green 7 { 7Cfl > ntltr tt it iraect fr ir "ptl ptl " \ west \aect aect , t I cast east Abrgtl AbrgtlI A br gil gilI gt (1 1 ( I I I 1 < tt t I I PK eK Cif , ' I ' , sl si low ow itself itselfIr itselfIi Ir Ii ttt iie tt ii t e t fit bl st I II ! n a " larg large ! 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" , i 1 t I the Ihe bow and andthe andthe andIhc the big tr angul r late n sa 55 ; i 1 I rises risesand risesand risesand and spreads ctin c \tin tin tlu tl \ > n ! , ( , , the sky to- to tIT tci - creaklngs creakings creaking , ut ot of cordage corda"e cordae " and ars4 sharpcries sharp sharpcries sharpcries cries and the chorus of ot many manyvoices manyvoices manyvoices voices ] In n the Ute name ot of God , In Inthe inthe Inthe the name of God OocL . . to " Then duo dllo south lOUth , keeping the themountain themountain themountain mountain peaks . on 01 " the atarboard starboard atarboardllde starboardaide tarboardRide llde aide ! the boat itself UnIt becomes become . a coal coalblack coalblack coalblack black dot against tho the pale yellow yeUow 01 of 01the ofthe ottea the west and silence sUence again reigns reign reignsOn . On the flat plain beside the five- five fivemile five-mile five mile ve- ve veMile - - - Mile Ma ala road which runs run ? from fromSteamer fromSteamer ( romSteamer Steamer point to the crater 1 la Is . the themUe thelittle thelittle mUe little village ot of Somalipura . , where whereArab whereArab whereArab Arab and Somali Somah sailors 181101'1 1811011 ' squat on onthe onthe onthe the sand and mend their lateen lateensaUl lateensails lateensails lateensailsPleasant saUl sails saUlPleasant sailsPleasant Pleasant looking fellows these theseand , . and standing about in groups are aremore aremore aremore more civilized wealthy Arabs Arab , in inlong Inlong inlong long bright silk jibbahs jlbbahs and em- em embro embro cmbro * - bro dered waistcoats They are areholdlng areholding areholding holdlng holding au an au Impromptd Impromptol Block atock stock ex cx cxchange exchange exchange change over a hill h1l1 ot 01 of mother met.her mether . of- of ofpearl ofpearl ot-pearl ot pearl - pearl shell from Perim Pedm island or orbags orbag orbags bags bag , oi of rice from India read ready , for fortrans fortrans tortrans trans shipment to AfricaPant Africa Atrica Africa1'a.rsl 1'a.rsl 1a.rsl 1arsl Panl Pant ' . Towers Towera Tower . of SilenceAway Silence Ilence SilenceAway Away among the gorges about a athousand athousand athousand thousand feet below the peak of ofJebel ofJebel ofJebel Jebel Sharnshan Shamahan Sharnahan as 88 the volcano 15 is iscalled 15called iscalled called ( ( from Ash Shams the sun sunare ) are built bunt the ' lowers 'lowers of Silence Sllencf ' to towhich towhich towhich which the funerals funuals of the Pars Parsi I ! 10 in 10habitants inhabitants Inhabitants habitants ( of If Aden wind up a long longand longand longand and dsola desolate " , to flight of step stepsAround steps stepsAround Around the summit of the moun mountam mountabs mountain tam tabs kites constantly wheel in the theair theair theair air over the settlement dur'ng durng dur'na durna ' the thedaylight thedaylight thedaylight daylight hours hour , with witt . their complain complaining complainirig complaining ing irig scream , cheel cheelThe cheel cheelThe The most moat solemn and impressive impressivea Impressiveaspect Impressiveaspect a aspect pect of the jagged crest of Sham Shamshan Shamshea Shamshan shan shea is 111 seen when with your bed bedon bedon bedon on the Ule flat fiat root roof of ot some Borne small amall hotel hotelin hotelin hotelin in the Crescent the business quar quarter quarter quarter ter at Steamer point , . , you lie Ue awake awakein awakein awakein in the hour before dawn with the theblack theblack theblack black threatening mass of ot the themountain themountain themountain mountain obliterating obliteratlni part of t'te tte the t'tecircle thectrcle theCircle ' circle ctrcle of ot starsThen stars starsThen Then suddenly is raised a long longchant longchant longchant chant , , , dominating Intoned r'glngand r'singand r'Bing rBing r'glng rglng r'sing rsing r'Bingwolf ' and falling like th Usa & howl owl of a lost lostwoIf lostwolf wolf woIf dog echoing and diminishing diminishingamong diminishingamong diminishingamong among the distant gorges It isthe is isthe isthe the voice of the muezzin BO so often oftenquoted oftenquoted oftenquoted oftenquotedOutside quoted quotedOutsIde Outside the fortress tortress gates on a astrip astrip astrip strip of sand which whirh connec-la connec la connec.ls connecls connetts . - the vol volcano volcano volcano cano with the mainland of Arabia Arabiaare Arabiaare Arabiaare are encamped a + . troop .roop roop of smart smarthlack smartblack smartblack hlack black whiskered whiBkered Indian cavalry cavalryThey cavalryThey cavalryThey They drill drlU in khaki with lance lancesword lancesword lancesword sword or carbine on small Arab Arabhorses Arabhorses Arabhorses horses or go on escort or orderly orderlyduty orderlyduty orderlyduty duty on fast little Atabian Alablan Asabian drome dromedar dromedat dromedar dar dat es 8S esWhere esWhere 8SWhere Where this strip of sand meets meetsthe meetsthe meetsthe the ' mainland IT'amland ITamland mrainland is the flat roofed Arab Arabtown Arabtown Arabtown town of Sheikh Othman Aden Adpn s sover soverilo soverflow over overilo ov . the abode of Arabs and andSomal andSomal Somal " > omal s a wh who for any reason cannotlive cannot cannotlive cannotlive live in the forlressIts fortressIts fortress forlress fortressIts Its reathouse resthouse has a small Garden Gardenof of Allah where the ripple of irri irrigatlo"1 irrigatloi irrigallon gatlo"1 gatlo1 gatlo-i gatlo i " - channels and nnd the voice ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the bulbul can be heard in . Jie .he he he eve evenings evenings evenings eveningsAmong nings ningsAmong ningsAmong Among the ( be Arab A.rabs Arabs ArabsFrom . * From tliat that town you can step stepthrough stepthrough stepthrough through a postern gate of the gar garden garden garden den right out into the wilderness wildernesswhere wildernesswhere wildernesswhere where tribes of dark skinned Arabs Arabsgain Arabsgain Arabsgain gain a precarious precdrlous livelihood by cuI cul cuIl1vatlng cultivatiog cultivating l1vatlng tivatiog durra and lentils around a afew afew afew few brackish bracicish wells weils close to the town townor townor townor or farther out by living Uving a Bedouin Bedouinlife Bedouinlile Bedouinlife life lile doing transp transpcrt transpert 'ft ft < ' work in ron eon ronnectlon eonnection ronnectlon nectlon nection with the fortressYou fortressYou fortress fortressYou You may see many an Arab pass passini passing passing ini ing on some lome mysterious |