His countenance is mild, and he seems to govern his subjects more like a father than a king.

All but the king go bareheaded.

The poor have only a single piece of blue or other cloth about them.

The inhabitants are very numerous; I think six times as many as in Swearah, besides Arabs and other Mahommedans in their millah or separate town, which must contain nearly as many people as there are altogether in Swearah.

[*] The women are clothed in a light shirt, or under-dress, and over it a green, red or blue covering, from the bosom to below the knees, the whole of them girt about their waists with a red girdle.