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"Subhan' Allah!" an exclamation of pettishness or displeasure. The hills not abounding in camels, like the maritime regions, asses become the principal means of transport. This barbarous practice is generally carried out in cases of small- pox where contagion is feared. Fear danger; it is a word which haunts the traveller in Somali-land.
I have given some details concerning the Arab horse especially in Al-Yaman, among the Zu Mohammed, the Zu Husayn and the Banu Yam in Pilgrimage iii. 270. As late as Marco Polo's day they supplied the Indian market via Aden; but the "Eye o Al-Yaman" has totally lost the habit of exporting horses. "Tasbih"=saying, "Subhan' Allah."
He was a stout walker, so too am I, and an inveterate dislike to the man-drawn carriage whenever my own legs would serve me decided me to walk the sixteen miles to the House in the Woods, sending on the baggage. Ali Khan despatched it and prepared to follow me, the fine cool air of the hills giving us a zest. "Subhan Alla! "What time does the Sahib look to reach the House?" "About five or six.
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