ABSTRACT
NOTE Asthispaper,whenwritten,wasbasedontheauthor'sworkinalBal).raincarriedoutpriorto1983,noaccounthasbeentakenofthe literaturethathasappearedsincethelatterdate.TheBahrainCourt Recordshave,Iunderstand,beencalendaredsincethattimeand couldbeconsulted.Thepapersoftheagriculturalhistoryconference heldatKuwaitimmediatelyfollowingthe1983conferenceatalBal).rainarenotofdirectconcernforthispaperanditismostlyonly bychancethatonecomesuponlocalArabicpublicationsintheGulf andelsewherethatare.Ofspecialinterest,however,ifonlyfor comparison,maybecitedA.A.Brockett'sTheSpokenArabicof Khiiburii(1985)foritsrichagriculturalvocabularycollected actuallyinOman.
