CONTENTS
PART II. — The March Through Central and Eastern Midian. (Continued.)
Chapter XI. — The Unknown Lands South of the HismáRuins of Shuwák and Shaghab.
Chapter XIII. — A Week Around and upon the Shárr MountainRésumé of the March
Chapter XIV. — Down South—to El-WijhNotes on the Quarantine—the Hutaym Tribe.
Chapter XV. — The Southern Sulphur-hill—the Cruise to El-Haurá—Notes on the
Chapter XVII. — The March Continued to El-BadáDescription of the Plain Badais.
Chapter XVIII. — Coal a "Myth"—March to Marwát—Arrival at the Wady Hamz.
Chapter XIX. — The Wady Hamz—the Classical Ruin—Abá'l-Marú, the Mine of
We have now left the region explored by Europeans; and our line to the south and the south-east will lie over ground wholly new. In front of us the land is no longer Arz Madyan: we are entering South Midian, which will extend to El-Hejáz. As the march might last longer than had been expected, I ordered fresh supplies from El-Muwaylah to meet us in the interior viâ Zibá. A very small boy acted dromedary-man; and on the next day he reached the fort, distant some thirty-five and a half direct geographical miles eastward with a trifling of northing.
We left the Jayb el-Khuraytah on a delicious morning (6.15 a.m., February 26th), startling the gazelles and the hares from their breakfast graze.
The former showed in troops of six; and the latter were still breeding, as frequent captures of the long-eared young proved. The track lay down the Wady Dahal and other influents of the great Wady Sa'lúwwah, a main feeder of the Dámah. We made a considerable détour between south-south-east and south-east to avoid the rocks and stones discharged by the valleys of the Shafah ra