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least give liim the girl's dowry (two tliuusmid 

 piastres in this instance). 



Reports have come in of a ghazu from the liodla, 

 so we have been recommended to keep on the alert 

 to night. 



A'pril 8. — A heavy shower has fallen and re- 

 freshed us all. No news of the Roala, but every- 

 body seems a little anxious. 



Mohammed Dukhi after all shirked deciding the 

 lawsuit himself, and has referred it to three arbi- 

 trators, chosen as in England by the parties to the 

 suit. One of these has been objected to on either 

 side, and the third, afraid of the responsibility, 

 has declared himself unable to decide, without 

 reference to the slieykh of the Sirhan, who is some- 

 where down in the Jof, hundreds of miles away. 

 So the case stands over till he can be summoned.'"' 



We have all marched together to-day some 

 eight or nine miles, old Mohammed Dukhi with his 

 youngest child, a boy of six years old, ridiug a deliil. 

 While on the march we overtook the Gonmssa 

 and joined a party of them. Amongst them was a 



* The sequel, we have ascertained, was as follows : — It was 

 finally agreed that the case should wait the arrival of the bride's 

 tribe. The betrothed cousin then brought forward his complaint 

 for judgment by the Sheykh, who decided that, the bride having 

 taken no step to oblige her cousin to keep his promise and marrj' 

 her, his right remained valid. This was signified to Jedaan, who 

 at once put the bride on a camel, and sent her to the !^heykh of 

 the Sir-hiin. A great wedding was solemnised, Joddan being one 

 of the guests, and no ill will on either side marred the cordial 

 enjoyment of festivities for three whole days. 



