(Friend of India.)
From Asia as well as Africa there still comes, evidence of the supineness of the En, Foreign Office. When a Turkish rabble can oust anally of England from liis capital, within thirty miles of a British garrison, and, can indolently smoke and vary this pas by laughing at our red-coats only a gunshot off, surly the time has come to settle matters once for all. Since the 7th May 1849, when Lord Dalhousie concluded a treaty with Sultan Ah Mahn Foudthel, Lahej has continued to supply Aden with vegetables, pulse and fruit, Were the Turks allowed to hold their present position, the Gibraltar of the East would be as badly off for food as a besieged city.
From the abundance of its grain, coffee, gums and fruits and the healthiness of its climate, Lahej merits, comparatively, the title of "Happy" conferred on the fifteen vinees of Yemen, which has been famous rom a period long anterior to the most ancient profane historical annals for the richness of its soil and its magnificent natural productions. Lahej is the most southern portion of Arabi Felix, extending along the sea-coast from the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb to eighty miles east of Aden and reaching as far north as Taez. The principal tribes are the Soobaiha, Ab-
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