cii. XIX.] Jcddaiis Sou and Heir. 



liiiii my own. He wanted it for his mother, lie 

 said, but slie sat by without joining in his entreaties, 

 and I only repHed that I coukl not spare it, and 

 taking leave of Hazzna and Turkya returned to our 

 tent. When I got back I found that AVilfrid had 

 decided on going on to Ferhdn's camp this after- 

 noon. Hanna has been complaining of the rude- 

 ness of the people here, whom he can no longer 

 keep out of the servants' tent, and wdio make his 

 life a l^urden to him. Yesterday, he declares, Turki, 

 with half a dozen of his friends, lay sprawling all 

 day long on our carpets and cushions, and when 

 spoken to by Hanna, called him a "pig" and an 

 "infidel." This, very likely, is an exaggeration, but 

 Wilfrid thinks we shall be more comfortable with 

 the Sebaa, who are well-bred people. Jediian's men 

 have a bad reputation in the desert for everything 

 except fighting. We have consequently come back 

 to the pool where we were yesterday, and Avhere we 

 find our friend Ferlian deliohted to see us a^-ain. 

 It is certainly a great pleasure to be among such 

 polite pleasant people as these Moayaja are. 



Jedaan was very tiresome at parting, with an 

 unreasonable request for a revolver, which we could 

 not spare him, and he showed, we thought, a great 

 want of dignity in the matter. On the Avliole, we 

 were anything but sorry to l;)id him goodbye. We 

 w^ere hardly, hoAvever, out of sight of the Fedaan 

 camp before Aljd-er-Rahmau, the learned man from 

 Alej)po, overtook us, and requested permission to 



