yo Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates, [cu. xix. 



but Faris's, and begged them to treat liim as in 

 some measure our guest, and in any case to keep 

 tlie peace. Poor Ghanim ! I daresay liis morals as 

 to property are not quite pure, but lie is a clieerful, 

 willing boy, and a genius in his way. His rebab is 

 our chief pleasure in the evenings after dinner, and 

 theirs too for that matter. 



A'pril 3. — Hanna has been entertaining the 

 Consul's servant Jurji with a hospitality he must 

 have learned from the Bedouins. Looking into the 

 servants' tent last night I found Hilnna lying on 

 the bare ground without a rug to cover him, and 

 Jurji snugly wrapped up in Hanna's mashlakh, 

 and occupying the cotton quilt on which he 

 usually sleeps. I asked Hanna what it meant, 

 and whether Jurji was ill, but he answered 

 simply, "Do not ask me to disturb him. He is 

 my guest." 



We started at half-past six, a merry party, for 

 the Hamad, Jazzer the long-legged Anazeh leading 

 the way at a tremendous pace on foot. Our course 

 lay south-east by south, with a saddle-backed tell 

 on the horizon before us to mark the way. The 

 morning was beautiful. A fresh j^reeze had sprung 

 up in the night and cleared the weather, which had 

 been sultry for the last few days, and we had the 

 pleasure of riding our new mares. As we crossed 

 the barren plain, some gazelles were seen, and then 

 some bustards. This morning, too, for the first 

 time, we heard the sweet but melancholy whistle of 



