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Great numbers of them come by sea: they embark at Bassora for Mokha, and if they fall in with the trade-wind, run straight to Djidda; if not, they form themselves into a caravan, and come by land along the coast of Yemen.
Despite my friend's particular injunctions to the contrary I gave a start of amazement. We stood in the doorway of a fairly large apartment having a divan round three of its sides. This divan was occupied by ten or a dozen men of mixed nationalities Arabs, Greeks, lascars, and others. They smoked cigarettes for the most part and sipped Mokha from little cups.
The chief place of the Ghamed tribe is Mokhowa, a town not to be confounded with Mokha. El Roheyta, of the powerful tribe of Shomran. Adama, of the Shomran Arabs. Tabala, of the Shomran Arabs, who extend over both sides of the mountains in the W. and E. plain. El Hasba, market of the Shomran Arabs. El Asabely, a village of the Asabely tribe.
This gentleman was a Hanoverian by birth, and a baron: misfortunes of a very distressing nature had driven him from his home, and he had thought of practising his profession at Djidda, or of proceeding to Mokha; but his mind was too unsettled to determine upon any thing; and he was of too independent a character to receive either counsel or assistance.
A pool supplied the camp: in the mountains, at a distance, there was, however, a delicious spring, a stream of liquid pearls in these thirsty lands! A bird called mokha appeared now and then; it is about the size of a nightingale, and of a white light-brown colour. We seldom heard such sweet notes as this bird possesses.
From Mekka they get coffee, drugs, and perfumes, much used among them, particularly the perfume called Arez, which comes from Mokha. In general there is a spirit of commerce very prevalent in Nedjed, where the merchants are wealthy and of better repute for honesty than most of the Eastern traders.
No vessels of any kind are now constructed at Djidda, so scarce has timber become; indeed, it is with difficulty that means are found to repair a ship. Yembo is subject to the same inconvenience. Suez, Hadeyda, and Mokha, are the only harbours in the Red Sea where ships are built.
I must here repeat that Mokhowa is not to be confounded with Mokha. The two first days' journeys lie in the territory of the Djebadele tribe, whose boundary on the S. is Wady Lemlem, a fertile valley with springs.
That employed at Hadeyda and Mokha comes partly from Yemen, and partly from the African coast. Many ships are purchased at Bombay and Maskat; but those built at Suez are most common in the sea north of Yemen.
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