Dedication
TO
MY FATHER AND MOTHER
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK.
Preface
But very few words are necessary as a preface to this book, as more than once in its pages its objects are stated.
An account of my journey through the Yemen appeared last autumn in a series of articles in the ‘Illustrated London News,’ and it is with kind permission of the proprietors of that paper that some of the illustrations reappear here. Many of the illustrations, however, have not seen the light of day before.
The chapter on the Yemen rebellion was published as an article in ‘Blackwood’s Magazine’ for February last.
The remainder of the book consists of entirely new matter.
I cannot attempt to thank here the many persons who aided me and rendered me services during the time I was in the Yemen. Without their assistance my journey would probably have failed. To them I am most grateful.
W. B. H.
Sept. 1893.