2 CAMEL BRANDS [PT. 



Fig. 10. Used by KAW!HLA ('ABABDA NAs UM HAMMURI). 

 For BAs MAKHLUF vide sub LAM ALIF. 

 The people of G. MfDOB sometimes use a BAs (Fig. 8) on 

 the neck. 

 BAKKAI (from Ar. ^& = to weep; i.e. a brand on' the place where 



tears trickle down). 

 Fig. ii. A name occasionally used to denote a DAMi' under the 



eye. 



BAYT EL NUKKARA (Ar. SjULJI CXJ=the house of the drum). 

 Fig. 12. Used by the chief family of NUBA (BUKKERA) of G. EL 



Tfiis braVld represents a war-drum and stick. Cf. HALAKA 



BERSHAM ( Ar. ^ifj = the iron cross-hilt of a sword). 



J^^-. 13. Used by the SowApAB under the right eye, by the 

 DucAcA of G. EL HARAZA on the neck, and by the KABAsfsn 

 (RiBAYKAx AHAYMERAB) on the quarter. 

 DAI6KA. 



Fig. 14. Used by the KABAsfsn ('ATAwfA SHIGAYAB). 

 DAK. 



Fig. 15. Was the brand of the Khalifa 'Abdullahi. It was put on 

 the quarter of a horse and on the right side of a camel's neck. 

 The GA'ALifN sometimes use it thus O> 

 DAKHIL (Ar. J-Uj; pi. DAWAKHIL, J*.l^ = trTe inner part). 



Fig. 1 6. Not often used, except by the MA'ALIA, who put one or 

 two, not on the foreleg as pictured, but on the inside of the 

 left hind leg. 



Two, in the form of a SHA'IBA (i.e. y) are sometimes used. 



. When seen on the foreleg it is usually a mere private brand. 

 DAMI' (from Ar. **> = to weep ; pi. DAwAMi'). 



The DAMi' proper should always be under or slightly in front of 

 the eye, as in Fig. 1 7 ; but in practice a similar brand farther 

 back, as in Fig. 18, which should more correctly be called a 

 SAMi' or a SnAHiD, is very frequently called DAMi'. The 

 DAMI' proper is never called SAMI'. 



Two DAWAMI', as in Figs. 19 and 20, are used by many SHENABLA. 

 A long broad DAMI' behind the left eye, accompanied by a 

 broad KILADA on the left of the neck, is distinctive of 



