... Indus, Patala, Persis, and Karmania came to Arabia, as early as the time of Agatharcides; and it isprobable that these ships were navigated by Arabians, as the inhabitants of India were not, at this ... sea, a capacious harbour, capable of containing 25 0 ships of war. The establishment was on a large and complete scale, consisting of arsenals, magazines, barracks, and houses for the ship-carpenters, ... son of a merchant, and a merchant himself; and while trading inArabia for spices, he was taken prisoner and carried into Arabia, whence he was carried off by the Ethiopians, and put into a ship,...