Notes on the Bedouins and Wahábys; collected during his travels in the East Volume 1 - Softcover
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. 1831 edition. Excerpt: ...said, " We know that there must be some truth in the report, for the Aenezes do not spread news over the Desert without good foundation." Notwithstanding the general excellence of D'Arvieux's valuable work on Arabian manners, I may venture to declare that the Bedouins are not, by any means so austere as he represents them; and that they frequently spit. He is certainly right in his account of the horror which is excited among them, by a certain gross violation of decorum in society, and I was assured that an Arab known to have so offended frequently in company, is no longer deemed worthy of being admitted as a witness before the kady. In their private dealings, the Arabs cheat each other as much as they can; usury is secretly practised among them. In spring, when the Arabs approach the confines of Syria, about twenty pedlars leave Damascus on a visit to the different tribes. They take with them for sale whatever goods of town production the Arabs want; articles of dress, powder and ball, nails, ) iron, horse-shoes, sabres, coffee, tobacco, sweetmeats, spices, harness for the sheikh's horses, &c. Of these petty merchants, each pays a small yearly tribute to the sheikh of the tribe which he frequents; thus he is protected by them, and enjoys all the privileges of a free Arab. The whole capital employed in this trade does not exceed the amount of five or six thousand pounds sterling. Every merchant has his own tent, and his own camels; and when several of them visit the same tribe, they pitch their tents close to each other, and establish in this manner a kind of market-place. They follow the camps wherever they go, and are exposed to almost as many casualties as the Arabs themselves; but as their property consists chiefly in goods, should the...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1150365110
- ISBN 13 9781150365119
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages68
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