Personal narrative of a year's journey through central and eastern Arabia (1862-63) . t, to quotethe wor^s of FeysuPs orthodox firman, the people should learnto put their trust in the waters rather than in God, which wouldbe idolatry. The imperial decree was executed, and the ruinsof the Kubbah or dome, with the hot stream that yet escapesfrom between the piles of rubbish, remain to attest the bountyof the Creator, the. stupid narrow-mindedness of the Wahhabee,and the ill fortune of a land governed by bigots. It is an oldtale, and not peculiar to Arabia. 348 Journey to H of hoof [Chap, x It wa
Personal narrative of a year's journey through central and eastern Arabia (1862-63) . t, to quotethe wor^s of FeysuPs orthodox firman, the people should learnto put their trust in the waters rather than in God, which wouldbe idolatry. The imperial decree was executed, and the ruinsof the Kubbah or dome, with the hot stream that yet escapesfrom between the piles of rubbish, remain to attest the bountyof the Creator, the. stupid narrow-mindedness of the Wahhabee,and the ill fortune of a land governed by bigots. It is an oldtale, and not peculiar to Arabia. 348 Journey to H of hoof [Chap, x It was not till near morning that we saw before us in indis-tinct row the long black lines of the immense date-groves thatsurround Hofhoof. Then, winding on amid rice-grounds andcornfields, we left on our right an isolated fort (to be describedby daylight), passed some scattered villas with their gardens,approached the ruined town walls and entered the southerngate, now open and unguarded. Farther on a few streetsbrought us before the door of Aboo-Eysas house, our ( ?////// .S>/vy//
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