KASSELA-EL-LUS. 217 my brother and I made a foray on the apes, and, unmarked by them, got before them on the smooth rocks, over Avhich their path ran ; but hardly were we there, when they descended from their Olympus, and bombarded us with stones, so that we had to beat a speedy retreat. A Turk called Hassan, a capital shot, and who often brought to our kitchen hares, guinea fowls, and otru (a dwarf deer), that he had killed with ball, promised at our request, not only to bring in a male and female of these apes, but, if well paid, a camel load of them. For many days we did not see our friend Hassan again ; at last, we fell in with him at the bazaar, but he tried to get out of our way ; however, we caught him, and asked for the ajws ; but he fancied we were laughing at him, and pointed to a hole in his head and a wound he had got in the shoulder. On my pressing two charien (gulden) into his hand, he recovered ills good humour, and declared to us, that he would have nothing to do with those metamorphosed men.

In former times the race of the Hallenga had, at the foot of the hill of Kassela-el-Lus, a groat city, an liour's journey in length, and it seems to have extended from Kachnin, near which one sees yet many loam walls, over our camping })laco, and on to the entrance of the valley, between the above-named hill and that of lochran (Mokran). The tru<' nanie of tlie hill i.s el Lus, and the word Kassela is the name of a sainted Sheik. The rock-dome of Kassela is surrounded by six pillar-like rocks; and hence the saying "Kasselael-Lus saba Kus " (Kassela-el-Lus of the seven heads), whereby would be denoted tlie [>ride and invincibility of its peo])le. Above on the hill are yet to be found the ruins of tiie castle of a queen, named Sunia. The al)ove-menti()ned large city was called Fakenda, and there, according to the old Faki Moliammed in Kadmin, dwelt all the race of the Hallenga, descendants of tlie Hedjas. Sonic thirty years ago the race, partly from the distance of water, and partly from their numbers iM'coming too great, divided and sej»arated ; and from this separation arose Hanathi, Kadmin (Sunia or Assunia), Abre and Dabab. 'I'lic language of these villages is the Aggeni, an original language, but mixed with many Arabic words. In Sabderath are made vc-ry nice sandals, stout leather sacks, and a good cotton stutt'. IX'fterdar liey destroyed Sab-