. The earth and its inhabitants .. . v^.;i>:; 57°Q0 if [7 r e e n '^M r H. s/^ea Depths. 0 to 32 Feet. 32 to 64 Feet. 64 Feet and upwards. Sands and coral reefs exposed at low water. Yards. they have no longer wives or servants ; divorce, desertion, and unforeseen events being supposed to have relieved them of their families and followers. The town, overlooked by several minarets, consists of stone houses with wooden balconies and " musharabiehs " elegantly carved. It is a cosmopolitan cit}'-, where the trade is chiefly in the hands of the Arabs. Turks and Hedarmeh, or "
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . v^.;i>:; 57°Q0 if [7 r e e n '^M r H. s/^ea Depths. 0 to 32 Feet. 32 to 64 Feet. 64 Feet and upwards. Sands and coral reefs exposed at low water. Yards. they have no longer wives or servants ; divorce, desertion, and unforeseen events being supposed to have relieved them of their families and followers. The town, overlooked by several minarets, consists of stone houses with wooden balconies and " musharabiehs " elegantly carved. It is a cosmopolitan cit}'-, where the trade is chiefly in the hands of the Arabs. Turks and Hedarmeh, or " Men of Hadramaut," here meet the Greek, Maltese, or European merchants. But the native population live in huts of branches covered with mats outside the town in the suburb of El-Kef. It is a far more extensive place than Suakin itself, with which it is connected by a low bridge some 330 feet long, and since 1884 by a railway
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