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ZAILA , or ZEtLA; a See also:

TOWN

town on the See also:

AFRICAN

African See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of the Gulf of See also:

ADEN

Aden, 124 M. S.W. of Aden and 200 M. N.N.E. of See also:

HARRAR (or HARAR)

Harrar. Zaila is the most western of the ports of the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

SOMALILAND

Somaliland See also:

PROTECTORATE

protectorate, being 170 M. N.W. of See also:

BERBERA

Berbera by the coast See also:

CARAVAN (more correctly Karwan)

caravan track. The town is surrounded on three sides by the See also:

sea; See also:

LAND

land-See also:

ward the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is unbroken See also:

DESERT

desert for some fifty See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal buildings, which date from the days of See also:

EGYPTIAN

Egyptian occupation (1875–1884) are of See also:

white (See also:

CORAL

coral) See also:

stone; the Somali dwellings are made of grass. Zaila has a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good sheltered anchorage much frequented by Arab sailing See also:

CRAFT (a word common to Teutonic languages for strength, or power; cf. Ger. Kraft)

craft, but heavy See also:

DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught steamers are obliged to See also:

ANCHOR (from the Greek ayrcvpa, which Vossius considers is from 6yi17 , a crook or hook)

anchor a mile and a See also:

HALF

half from the See also:

SHORE

shore. Small See also:

COASTING

coasting boats See also:

lie off the See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier and there is no difficulty in loading or discharging See also:

CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo. The See also:

WATER

water See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of the town is See also:

DRAWN

drawn from the See also:

wells of Takosha, about three miles distant; every See also:

MORNING

morning camels, in See also:

charge of old Somali See also:

WOMEN

women and bearing goatskins filled with water, come into the town in picturesque procession. The See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population varies from 3000 to 7000, the natives, who come in the cool See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season to See also:

BARTER (from Fr. barater, to truck, to exchange)

barter their goods, retiring to the See also:

HIGHLANDS, THE

highlands in hot See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief traders are See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, the smaller dealers See also:

ARABS

Arabs, Greeks and See also:

The imports, which reach Zaila chiefly via Aden, are mainly See also:

cotton goods, See also:

rice, jowaree, See also:

DATES

dates and See also:

SILK

silk; the exports —of which 90 per cent. are from See also:

ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia—are principally See also:

COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee, skins, See also:

ivory, See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, See also:

GHEE (Hindostani ghi)

ghee and See also:

MOTHER

mother-of-See also:

pearl. Zaila owed its importance to its proximity to Harrar, the See also:

GREAT

great entrep8t for the See also:

trade of See also:

SOUTHERN

southern Abyssinia. The trade of the See also:

PORT

port received, however, a severe check on the opening (1901–2) of the railway to Harrar from the See also:

French port of See also:

JIBUTI (DJIBOUTI)

Jibuti, which is 35 M. N.W. of Zaila. A steamer from Aden to Zaila takes fifteen See also:

HOURS, CANONICAL

hours to accomplish the See also:

JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey; caravans proceeding from Zaila to Harrar occupy from ten days to three See also:

WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks on the road. For See also:

HISTORY

history and trade See also:

STATISTICS

statistics, see SOMALILAND, BRITISH.

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