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'Personal Narrative of a pilgrimmage to Al-Madinah and Meccah. Vol. II' [‎82] (105/568)

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Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah.
and black. The Badawi of the Hijaz, and indeed the featui
race generally, has a small eye, round, restless, deep-set,
and fiery, denoting keen inspection with an ardent temper- short
ament and an impassioned character. Its colour is dark trim
brown or green-brown, and the pupil is often speckled. Shafe
The habit of pursing up the skin below the orbits, aad Persi:
half closing the lids to exclude glare, plants the outer two t
angles with premature crows'-feet. Another peculiarty be, th
is the sudden way in which the eye opens, especially uncer gii n g
excitement. This, combined with its fixity of glance, forms J
an expression now of lively fierceness, then of exceeding height
sternness ; whilst the narrow space between the orbits im- averaj
presses the countenance in repose with an intelligence statur
not destitute of cunning. As a general rule, however, the ever z
expression of the Badawi face is rather dignity than that restrai
cunning for which the Semitic race is celebrated, and throug
there are lines about the mouth in variance with the stern square
or the fierce look of the brow. The ears are like those of about
Arab horses, small, well-cut, " castey," and elaborate, three
with many elevations aud depressions. The nose is pro- is sine
nounced, generally aquiline, but sometimes straight like in-dra^
those Greek statues which have been treated as prodigious especii
exaggerations of the facial angle. For the most part,it early r
is a well-made feature with delicate nostrils, below which iront £
the septum appears : in anger they swell and open like a muscle
blood mare's. I have, however, seen, in not a few in- point (
stances, pert and offensive "pugs." Deep furrows India,
descend from the wings of the nose, showing an uncertain long, e
temper, now too grave, then too gay. The mouth is ir- which,
regular. The lips are either hordes, denoting rudeness and instrun
want of taste, or they form a mere line. In the latter case
there is an appearance of undue development in the upper Arabum
portion of the countenance, especially when the jaws are flaccum,
ascetically thin, and the chin weakly retreats. The lattei dis tendii
• —— — — orum or:
for weaving. The Arabs attribute this, as we should, to heat, whicl 2 w
causes the longer hairs to drop off. jcarcel ■

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Personal Narrative of a pilgrimmage to Al-Madinah and Meccah. Vol. II by Captain Sir Richard F Burton, edited by his wife, Isabel Burton, with an introduction bu Stanley Lane-Poole.

Publication Details: London, George Bell and Sons.

Edition: The third edition with preface.

Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xii).

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1 volume (414 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. There is also a list of illustrations and an alphabetical index at the back of the volume, beginning on page 415.

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Dimensions: 185mm x 110mm

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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