286 BEDOUIN FAMILY REMOVING 



I took the opportunity when I saw Ohmedu 

 and Ohmed Medina together, to ask the latter if 

 he had crossed over any stream when he went to 

 Owssa from Arabderah. As he replied that he had 

 not, I recalled to Ohmedu's recollection that, when 

 at Gobard, he said the river Wahahumbilla went 

 into the H awash, just before this latter entered 

 lake Abhibhad, but which could not be the 

 case, for if so, Ohmed Medina must have observed 

 it on the occasion of his late journey to Owssa. 

 Ohmedu readily admitted that he might be wrong, 

 and I have therefore represented in my map the 

 river Wahahumbilla as terminating at Killaloo, 

 although it is probable that during very great 

 floods that lake may overflow, and then commu- 

 nicate with the river Hawash. 



After travelling nearly four hours we arrived at 

 a tree-covered valley called Thermadullah, where 

 we halted for the day. On our march I had an 

 opportunity of observing a family of Bedouins 

 moving with all their property, houses included, 

 towards Killaloo in search of water. Seven camels 

 were laden with mats and the bamboo frames of 

 the native wigwams. The roof canes belonging 

 to these rose, on each side of the animals, with a 

 long tapering curve behind, and high above them 

 into the air. The imagination easily furnished 

 these with some light gossamer structure, and in 

 this manner suggested to itself a new poetical 

 flying-machine, vieing with the Pegasus of mytho- 



