ABU-ARISCH, a narrow strip of land in the S.W. of Arabia, lying on the borders of the Red Sea, between Lat. 15. 50. and 17. 40. N. and Long. 41. 30. and 43. E. It is a very dry and barren country, and only preserved from utter sterility by periodical inundations of rain from the neighbouring mountains. Its principal traffic is in coffee and senna leaves, and its breed of asses is highly esteemed.