[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918' [‎64r] (127/206)

painted, on the walls on rough mouldings: in the
luminous gloom the effedt was very pleasant if
"bizarre. The utter absence of symmetry or line
rather offends the European’s eye but these
interiors fascinated me ,and, after all,any at-4
tempt to symmetry would have been out of keep
ing with^he general\outside and inside design.
I never saw a plumb line outside or inside nor
any striving after balancing or matching
things.
Aneyzah is like a gem roughly cut by the
hands of some barbarian workman; yet the result
is such that one would on no account have the
gem recut in modern fashion even were that
possible.
Abdul1ah-al-Hamad came after sunset to
bid me goodbye. He is a nice fellow.
Hovember 3 rd. Marched at 6-55 a.m. and halted
at 10-5 a.m. Sent on Motlag-al-Hami (Mtair,
sent by Turki) along with Muhammad Ibn Dahabas
to convey a letter to the Shaikh of Muchnib,
Eahad, Agaili, informing him of our intended
arrival at the tow r n to—morrow’ at daylight* *
*
Our general direction today was S.S.E.,
over hard ground stony with very little vege
tation for the most; our landmarks, two cliffs
on the right of the road, from which it is said
to descend direct on to the palms of Al-Mudh-
nib. From our halting place through a gap on
the left of the road to Mudhnib
(H.E.), saw a depression with palms which are
aaid to be Aziziyah village.
Last night Ali -al-Dhowaihi,who is con
tinuing along with us to Riadh,said he had
high fever and might not be able to start next
day. He had,however,recovered sufficiently to
travel today,we are taking it pretty easy and
the weather is delightfully fresh. Started