In the markets of Saana and Merab, in the harbors of Oman and Aden, the camels of the Koreishites were laden with a precious cargo of aromatics; a supply of corn and manufactures was purchased in the fairs of Bostra and Damascus; the lucrative exchange diffused plenty and riches in the streets of Mecca; and the noblest of her sons united the love of arms with the profession of merchandise.

[20] [Footnote 14: Yet Marcian of Heraclea (in Periplo, p.

16, in tom.

i.
Hudson, Minor.

Geograph.) reckons one hundred and sixty-four towns in Arabia Felix.