YER 64
XI. PICTURES WITH WORDS ONLY 69
XII. THE QUEER PENNIES OF OMAN AND HASSA 73
XIII. ARAB BABIES AND THEIR MOTHERS 79
XIV. BOAT-BUILDERS AND CARPENTERS 85
XV. ARABIC PROVERBS AND ARABIC HUMOUR 92
XVI. GOLD, FRANKINCENSE AND MYRRH 97
XVII. SLAVES AND SLAVE TRADERS 101
XVIII. ABOUT SOME LITTLE MISSIONARIES 108
XIX. TURNING THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN 113
XX. TURNING THE WORLD DOWNSIDE UP 118

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ARAB BOYS _Facing Title._
MODES OF TRAVEL 16
EUROPEAN VISITORS ON DONKEYS 18
MAP OF ARABIA 23
READY FOR A CAMEL RIDE 24
THE SQUARE HOUSE WITH THE BLACK OVERCOAT 29
SABBACH-KUM BIL KHEIR! 33
ARAB GROCER 38
ARAB BOY IN A CROCKERY SHOP 41
HOW A MOSLEM BOY PRAYS 45
WOMEN SELLING SUGAR-CANE 48
DATES GROWING ON A DATE PALM 50
FIRE WOOD MARKET, BUSRAH 52
ARAB RIDERS WITH LANCES 60
PEARL MERCHANTS 62
ARABIAN WATER-BOTTLE 63
[From the Sunday School Times, by permission.]
DESIGNS MADE OUT OF ARABIC WRITING 70
ARABIC LETTER FROM A POOR CRIPPLE 72
OMAN COIN 73
HASSA COINS 76
DATE-STICK CRADLE 80
WOMEN GRINDING AT THE MILL 82
BEDOUIN WOMEN EATING THEIR BREAKFAST 84
CARGO BOATS, BAHREIN 86
RIVER BOAT BUSRAH 87
SAWING A BEAM 89
AN ARAB CARPENTER'S TOOLS 90
PUZZLE OF THE THIRTY MEN 96
BRANCH OF THE INCENSE TREE 98
SLAVE GIRL IN ARABIA 102
LIBERATED SLAVES AT BAHREIN 104
MISSION HOUSE AT BUSRAH 110
THE SULTAN'S SOLDIERS 114
MUSCAT HARBOUR 122
AN OLD FRIEND IN A NEW DRESS