The international geography . increase of steam communicationthrough the Suez Canal, it became necessary to facilitate the dangerousnavigation of the Red Sea, and Perim was again occupied, a lighthousebeing built upon it. It is not fortified, and its hne harbour is leased by aprivate company as a coaling station. For administrative purposes Aden and Perim are placed under thegovernment of Bombay. HadramtJLt (Hazarmaveth), the centre of the ancient trade in myrrhand frankincense, is a broad valley in the sandstone district which, for onehundred miles, runs nearly parallel to the south coast, an
The international geography . increase of steam communicationthrough the Suez Canal, it became necessary to facilitate the dangerousnavigation of the Red Sea, and Perim was again occupied, a lighthousebeing built upon it. It is not fortified, and its hne harbour is leased by aprivate company as a coaling station. For administrative purposes Aden and Perim are placed under thegovernment of Bombay. HadramtJLt (Hazarmaveth), the centre of the ancient trade in myrrhand frankincense, is a broad valley in the sandstone district which, for onehundred miles, runs nearly parallel to the south coast, and discharges itswaters into the sea east of Saihut. The capital, Shibam, is in the valley ;the port is Makalla. East of Hadramut are Dhofar, the old frankincensecountry, and Mahra, with fertile coast plains, and mountains clothed withtropical vegetation. Oman, a mountainous district, lies between Ras el-Hadd and CapeMasandam. The principal range, Jebel Akhdar (10,000 feet), is partially» By the late Sir R. Lambert Fig. 236.—Aden Harbour. 45^ The International Geography covered with vegetation, and its coast plain is fertile and is a small trade at Muscat, the capital. The kingdom of Omanattained its greatest splendour early in this century, when it included theislands of Sokotra and Zanzibar. Its proximity to India has often involvedit in relations with that country. West of Masandam, and north alongHassa, a district of the Turkish province of Basra, there is little cultiva-tion except near Katif and Grane. Central Arabia.—The northern portion of Central Arabia (i,ooo to2,500 feet in elevation), which has a hard gravel surface with stunted bush,and sparse grass, is intersected by two wadis that terminate in the oasesof Jowf and Teinia {Tema). South of Jowf lies a desert of sand, driftedby the wind into high ridges called Nefud, and sometimes difficult tocross on account of want of water, and the simum—a circular stormof heated, sand-laden air
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