. The heart of Arabia, a record of travel and exploration . orner, humbled and effaced himself in obedience to the lawsof God. In India I have seen a father and his son in thesame room, the one sitting on the floor cross-legged, theother, a barrister educated at an English University, loUingcomfortably in a deep arm-chair and leading the conversa-tion, the one fondly proud of his fine child, the other justa little ashamed of his parent ; in Wahhabiland they areyet far from that stage of civiUsation, and the laws of theold world still hold good, binding ahke on sovereign andsubject. A son will
. The heart of Arabia, a record of travel and exploration . orner, humbled and effaced himself in obedience to the lawsof God. In India I have seen a father and his son in thesame room, the one sitting on the floor cross-legged, theother, a barrister educated at an English University, loUingcomfortably in a deep arm-chair and leading the conversa-tion, the one fondly proud of his fine child, the other justa little ashamed of his parent ; in Wahhabiland they areyet far from that stage of civiUsation, and the laws of theold world still hold good, binding ahke on sovereign andsubject. A son will not wittingly enter an upper room ifhis father be in the room below ; in pubHc he sits in thelowest place if his father be present. The Imam Abdulrahman now took his seat by thewindow, motioning us to seats by his side ; a slave appearedfirst with tea and then with coffee, each time serving theImam first, then ourselves, and then going over to pour toIbn Saud. Conversation in such circumstances could onlybe formal and compUmentary, and after a few minutes. ARDti. Aziz ikn Aiii)ri. Rahman ihn Faisal ih\ Sato, thk KtiKK oiWahhariiaM), on kicht, with his cousin Salman ai. Akaka. THE WAHHABI CAPITAL 65 Abdulrahman rose from his seat, remarking that we mustbe tired after our long journey, and walked out of the roomwithout further ado. Ibn Saud now came over to take thevacant place and the round of tea and coffee began afresh,the JSrst cup now being handed to him as a matter of course ;a further interchange of comphments ensued ; I thankedhim for the arrangements he had made to faciUtate ourjourney and congratulated him on the peace and quietwhich now prevail in his dominions as the result of hisadministration ; he expressed the great pleasure he felt inreceiving the emissaries of the British Government andenquired after the health of the many friends he had madeon his visit to Basra twelve months before ; and so on untilhe suggested that we might Hke to rest after the fatiguesof the
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