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wells and ancient aqueducts of the Kateef environs. At last they saw the
sea. The price of the camel ride from Hofhuf to the sea was four dollars.
After a bit of rest and refreshment a boat was hired and the return trip
was made to Bahrein. The traveler was still suffering from fever and at
times had a temperature of more than lO..'F.
4. The Golden Milestone.
Apostle 10 Islam
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Though Lowell Thomas was never able to get to Sana'a in Yemen, Zwemer
visited the closed city twice in the early days of the Arabian Mission.
The first journey was made in 1891. On the twenty-se"enth of June he
left Aden on the little freight steamer Tmra and made the first leg of the
journey in two days around through the famous straits of Bab-el-Mandeb
and up the Red Sea coast to Hodeida. There had recently been a rebellion
against the Turkish authority in the region of Sana'a but the young missionary
adventurer hired a mule and set out.
Yemen, or Arabia Felix of the ancients, is a land of mountains and productive
terraced hillsides. We should have Zwemer's Own description of
the journey:
"I found no trouhle or difficulty, however, anywhere on the road to Sana'a,
although the country generally was unsettled. The journey took sLx days on
mule-back. The natural scenery all the way up to the mountains is beautiful,
and the terraced hills are covered with vegetation. \Vhen I left Aden the
temperature was 104°F. but halfway to Sana'a, at Suk-e1-Khamis, it was
S8'F. at sunrise. The plateau around Sana'a is pasture land. \Ve saw
camels, cows and sheep by hundreds. But the mountainsides are cultivated
for coffee, millet, grapes and other fruit. I am still surprised, as I look bacl