. 'Ventures among the Arabs in desert, tent and town; thirteen years of pioneer missionary life with the Ishma-elites of Moab, Edom and Arabia . eaves us in uncertainty as to theexact limit in that direction. Arabia covers anarea of over one million square miles; the pen-insula is about one thousand miles long andabout seven hundred broad. It is four timesthe size of France, and larger than the UnitedStates east of the Mississippi River. Divisions Arabia is divided into three parts, viz. Ara-bia Felix at the southwest section of the coun-try ; Arabia Petrea at the northwest end; andArabia Dese
. 'Ventures among the Arabs in desert, tent and town; thirteen years of pioneer missionary life with the Ishma-elites of Moab, Edom and Arabia . eaves us in uncertainty as to theexact limit in that direction. Arabia covers anarea of over one million square miles; the pen-insula is about one thousand miles long andabout seven hundred broad. It is four timesthe size of France, and larger than the UnitedStates east of the Mississippi River. Divisions Arabia is divided into three parts, viz. Ara-bia Felix at the southwest section of the coun-try ; Arabia Petrea at the northwest end; andArabia Deserta, the great interior deserts andhigh lands. These three main divisions aredivided into districts, and known as Yemen,including Hadramaut, Oman, Nejran, and someminor places; El Hejaz on the west coast,which includes in its borders the two sacredcities of the Mohammedans — Mecca, the birth-place of their prophet, and Medina, the placewhere he died and was buried ; Nejd, the greatcentre, reaching far north and east, thus losingitself in the districts of Aragand Hassa; andJebel Shomer on the Syrian border, which isreally a part of PHOTOGRAPH BY A. FORDER A SECTION OF THE SIK (RAVINE), ARABIA PETREA Arabia Petrea is ten days journey south of Jerusalem, and famous for the wonderful rock-hewn city of Petra. This city is entered through a long ravine called by the Arabs TheSik. The rock on either side is of many colors, and in places covered by ferns and gorge is about a mile long and terminates in front of a magnificent rock-hewn temple(see page 286). ARABIA THE DESERT OF THE SEA 133 Principal Cities In Yemen are Sana the capital, Hodeida theprincipal port, and many smaller towns, but noneof importance. Aden cannot properly be calleda city, although a considerable place. In realityit is a fortress that guards the way to Hejaz the principal cities are Mecca andMedina, also layf, not far distant from port of Hejaz is Jeddah, and Yambo isused
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