[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918' [‎76r] (151/206)

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■ Miles.
58°. Bar: 3190’ .
Mullah and Bahad Dhafiri. Vve set up a target,
after some private camel racing in which my
camel usually by far the fleetest did not dis
tinguish herself greatly. She is a hit tired
out I think. The baggage thought we were being
attacked and sent on all their riders to help
us. Nights very windless:the days much the
same. Only two or three cloudy nights since we
left and never one with wind;always slept in
the open. Abdulaziz Bin Hasoon complained.
This led to a big row (Abdulaziz’s last .tight
for independance - Since then he has been a
1amb).
Continued inarch down Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hanifa. ihe
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ,as it is familiarly called in these
parts, is said to rise behind the village oi
Awainib and Al-Garadan (see November 11th.
above),a scarp which stands out very promi
nently almost due South of Barrah village
which we passed on our right about 2 miles
out from Barrah. I could not make out exactly
where Hasiyah ends and where Hanifa begins,
but I think it is some-where in the vicinity
of Ayainah to the North-West of the ruins.
Reached Daraeiyah about ^ hour before sunset
with half a dozen riders and found plenty of
lucerne and wood, also,later,some milk and
eggs collected by Sad and Ibn Dahibas who
had been sent on ahead. Met a lad about 12
years of age of the As-Baud family who came
down to our camp-fire on the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. bed to
chat with us. His name is Hadhlul ( *3^ )
and belongs to the Al-laluwi branch.
November 13t h. Started at 6.5. a.m. and
reached the outskirts of Riadh at 8.4b a.m.
We were met 2 miles out ol Aiadh at a large