en. XXI.] Tf^e propose Terms of Peace. 1 39 



plenipotentiar}- in this matter, got special instruc- 

 tions from Jeddan as to terms, and we are authorised 

 now to propose an arrangement on the following 

 basis : 



1. Peace shall be made. 



2. All claims for losses by either side shall be 

 considered settled. 



3. Ibn Shaalan shall withdraw his claim to the 

 pastures of Homs and Hama. 



4. The Sebaa will receive the Eoiila as guests in 

 the Upper Desert, where there is room for all. 



These very fair terms we have proposed this after- 

 noon to Sotamm and the Akid, supporting tliem 

 with all the aro;uments we could command. I told 

 Sotamm that a man in a great position, such as his, 

 should give an example of wisdom to his people, and 

 not be led away by the mere lust of glory, which 

 makes fools of the common sort of men ; that he 

 must know that an aimless war like this, between 

 two Anazeh tribes, was ruinous to both of them ; 

 that the camels he seized to-day would be taken 

 from him to-morrow, for the fortune of war was 

 always turning ; that the only people who really 

 profited by such fighting were the Turks, the 

 enemies of them all, and that he should know better 

 than to play into the hands of Pashas and Mute- 

 sherifs. Sotamm assented to all tliis, admitted that 

 the Turkish Government were primarily to blame in 

 the cparrel, but maintained that the war must now 

 go on. His people wished it and he could not con- 



