Produced by MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE CAMEL COUNTRY _By A. E. and S. M. ZWEMER_ Zigzag Journeys in the Camel Country Arabia in Picture and Story. 12mo, cloth _net $1.00_ Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children. Decorated, cloth _net .75_ [Illustration: The Desert Scout] ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE CAMEL COUNTRY _ARABIA IN PICTURE AND STORY_ By SAMUEL M. ZWEMER _and_ AMY E. ZWEMER _Authors of “Topsy Turvy Land”_ [Illustration] NEW YORK CHICAGO TORONTO Fleming H. Revell Company LONDON AND EDINBURGH Copyright, 1911, by FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 125 North Wabash Ave. Toronto: 25 Richmond Street, W. London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 100 Princes Street _To the children of missionaries all the world over_ [Illustration: PREFACE] Here is another book of pictures and stories for the big children and small grown-up folks who enjoyed reading “Topsy Turvy Land” and want to know more about Arabia. A great part of this strange Camel Country is still unknown, and there are wide deserts which only the camel and his Arab guide have ever crossed. A few travellers and missionaries, however, have seen something of Arabia on their zigzag journeys along the coasts and inland. Would you like to hear the story? The camels are waiting and the caravan is ready to start. You will not grow weary by the way, we hope. If the desert tracks are long and tiresome through the following chapters, just refresh yourself in the oasis of a picture. S. M. Z. A. E. Z. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN ARABIA 13 II. THE CAMEL AT HOME 18 III. ALONG UNBEATEN TRACKS IN YEMEN 25 IV. GOING TO MARKET TO SOW SEED 32 V. WHERE THE QUEEN OF SHEBA LIVED 37 VI. THE JEWS OF KHEIBAR 43 VII. AMULETS AND OTHER EVERY-DAY THINGS 48 VIII. THE MOST WONDERFUL STONE IN THE WORLD 54