Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates Vol 2 - The Search For Mecca

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 afternoon.
Hanna has been complaining of the rudeness
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