IX. THE CAMEL DRIVER WHO BECAME A PROPHET 60 X. THE LANGUAGE OF THE ANGELS 66 XI. PEARLS AND PEARL DIVERS 74 XII. A PIONEER JOURNEY ON THE PIRATE COAST 80 XIII. ACROSS THE DESERT OF OMAN 86 XIV. JAIL-BIRDS 95 XV. THE ACORN SCHOOL 101 XVI. THE STORY OF A ROLLER BANDAGE 107 XVII. NAJMA’S LAST CHRISTMAS 115 XVIII. THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD 119 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE THE DESERT SCOUT _Frontispiece_ THE BIG CAMEL MARKET IN THE CRATER AT ADEN WHERE WE PREACHED OUR FIRST SERMON, 1891 14 A SWIFT DROMEDARY AND AN ARAB POST-RIDER 20 A CARAVAN FROM YEMEN BRINGING IN HIDES FOR AMERICAN KID SHOES 22 A PICTURE CARVED IN STONE 2,000 YEARS OLD, WITH ITS INSCRIPTION, FROM THE LAND OF SHEBA 40 THE CASTLE OF KHEIBAR 45 WATER CARTS USED AT ADEN TO BRING WATER FROM THE WELLS TO THE CITY 46 A WOMAN OF THE HILL TRIBES, SHOWING VEIL AND AMULETS WORN 48 EVERY-DAY THINGS IN ARABIA 54 THE BLACK STONE AT MECCA 56 OPENING OF THE HEDJAZ RAILWAY 58 WHEN THE ARABS RETURN FROM PILGRIMAGE, THEY LOAD THEIR BAGGAGE ON THE POOR, PATIENT CAMEL 64 FIRST CHAPTER OF THE KORAN 68 THE EVOLUTION OF A PEARL BUTTON 76 PRAYER IN THE DESERT 88 MAP OF OMAN 91 BEDOUIN WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN 98 A MECCAN BOY 102 A BEDOUIN GIRL PLAYING PEEK-A-BOO ON A CAMEL 116 “ARABIA” (SONG) 125 Grateful acknowledgment is given to Mr. J. M. Coutinho, photographer at Aden, for permission to use several full-paged photographs. And gratitude is also expressed here for the use of other pictures taken by our missionary friends, the Rev. J. C. Young, M. D., and Dr. Sharon J. Thoms. I ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN ARABIA