[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918' [‎73r] (145/206)

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camel and with me because I only give him
fifty dollars at Boraidah. Mullah Abdullah is
very wroth with Abdulazfz,who is far from being
popular all round.
It was a delightful night and not too
foy U. 33 ^ cold.
Diet: 174>nb&wu N ovember 11th . Started at 5.25 about hour
Miles, before daybreak, and rode hard to Bar rah which
I reached in under 3 hours. The baggage took
exactly 6 hours to cover the distance which I
estimated was about 18 miles:not less. This
is the best that the baggage has done yet,
their usual all round pace being about 2-f- miles ,
When pressed, how T ever, 4 or 4-g- is not hard for
them to do for 2 or 3 hours. Had coffee uith^
/(the Ex-Ameer, who was disgraced and dismissed
for taking the part of Ibn Rashid in the
struggle with Bin Saud. All the village came :i
in after coffee. Afterwards ate pancakes and.
butter then after coffee at the ex-Ameer’s
house went to camp and had lunch consisting
of a cold bustard shot by Araar yesterday with
his 303 rifle. A jolly good shot hitting the
bird in the head. The last time I yaw the
like was last winter on the way to Jajara
wben Ammad-al-Jabir shot a dove through the
neck at 50 yards with a Mauser,
Eahad-al-Dhafiri and Eatlan Mtair
came to have sore eyes washed. The other
Eahad, whose eyes were raally bad, got quite
well after 2 operations. An inquisitive
group of villagers came to ask me if I knew
anything about the Bahul. I told them all
there was in the handbook of Arabia, which
was more than they themselves had any know
ledge of. They were greatly impressed. Was
asked today whether it was true that the
*
Bowla (the Government), meaning the Ottoman