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Commanding situation of Aden Its importance in former times But few remains of its grandeur Its facilities as a retreat for the piratical hordes of the Desert The loss of its trade followed by reduction of the population Speculations as to the probability of ultimately resisting the Arabs Exaggerated notions entertained by the Shiekhs of the wealth of the British Aden a free Port would be the Queen of the adjacent Seas Its advantages over Mocha The Inhabitants of Aden The Jews The Banians The Soomalees The Arabs Hopes of the prosperity of Aden Goods in request there Exports Re-embarkation on the Steamer Want of attention Makallah Description of the place Its products The Gazelle Traveller in Abyssinia Adventurous English Travellers Attractions of the Arab life Arrival at Bombay.
The guns and pistols of the Arab shiekhs kept the Fellatahs in check, and assisted in some measure the retreat of the footmen, I hailed them with all my might, but the noise and confusion which prevailed from the cries of those who were falling under the Fellatah spears, the cheers of the Arabs rallying, and their enemies pursuing, would have drowned all attempts to make myself heard, had not Maramy, the shiekh's negro, seen and known me at a distance.
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