From The Moors And Arabs I Was
Informed That An Arabian Of High Rank Of The Lineage Of Mahomet Was Here
Buried; And That The Sharifs Of Jiddah And Other Great Prelates Gave
Indulgences And Pardons To All Who Visited His Sepulchre:
But the
Portuguese sacked the house and afterwards burnt it, so that no vestige
was left.
On the shore of this harbour we saw many footsteps of tigers
and goats, as if they had come here in search of water.
[Footnote 327: Rather perhaps Bohalel Shomeh, meaning the lot or
portion of Bohalel. - Astl.]
[Footnote 328: Perhaps Bells. - E.]
Having often occasion to mention the Badwis or Bedouins while
voyaging along the coasts of their country, it may be proper to give
some account of that people. These Badwis are properly the
Troglodites ophiofagi, of whom Ptolemy, Pomponius Mela, and other
ancient writers make mention. These Badwis or Troglodites live on
the mountains and sea-coasts from Melinda and Magadoxa to Cape
Guardafu, and thence all along the coasts of the Red Sea on both
sides, and along the outer coast of Arabia through the whole coast of
the Persian Gulf; all of which land they may be more properly said to
occupy than to inhabit. In Good Arabic, Badwi signifies one who lives
only by cattle[329]. Those who dwell along the Red Sea from Zeyla to
Swakem, and thence to al Kossir, are continually at war with the
Nubii or Nubians; while those from Kossir to Suez perpetually
molest the Egyptians.
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