text:  The orange-coloured waters the strong effluvium of the waves intoxicating the brain the wild headlands of Africa--each the dwelling of a necromancer--the Maldives filled with mermaids and sea-monsters the volcanic blaze that guarded the entrance to the Red Sea the fiery mountains of Aden the Hadramant or region of Death the Babelmandeb or Gate of Tears the Isle of Perim and the Cape of Burials wild black and terrific--fill the Arab imagination with wonders that throw all modern invention to an immeasurable distance