"يوميّات رحلة من بلاد فارس إلى الهند عبر هراة وقندهار. وأيضًا تقرير رحلة إلى العاصمة الوهابية، الرياض في وسط الجزيرة العربية" [و‎‎٩‎٤] (٢٦٨/١٨٧)

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52. Wo wore crossing tho fourth plain when an attack of
dysentery, from which I had been suffering for two or three days
past, became so painful that I could no longer bear tho camoFs
jolting, and ordered a halt at 3 p.m. Wo had scarcely pitched
our rowteo, however, when tho camp was on the alert with an
alarm. The party approaching proved to be some of the Sheikh's
enemies from Wadi Dowasir. We were too strong for them, so
they were civil, but the Sebaa Sheikh told me over his coffee in
the evening that if it were not for fear of tho Ameer, he would
take this opportunity of killing tho fellows. My interpreter
endeavoured to elicit some information about Wadi Dowasir from
these strangers, but they would not oven return the “ Salaam,"
and suggested to him to pray to the Prophet. This was a polite
way of hinting that wo were enemies, and that it were
better not to ask questions. I ascertained to-day that one
of my camel-men was from tho Asseer tribe from tho moun
tains towards Hodeida. Ho proved to bo one of tho least
ruly men in camp, and on one occasion of my urging a
march after nightfall, ho headed what threatened to bo something
like a mutiny; and seemed disposed to go to extremes, by cutting
mo with his hatchet over the back. I kept my eye on him, how
ever, and compelled tho camp to reload and march. Another of
the camel-men was a Kowaitee, who proved a first-rate shot with
ball; firing from a long single barrel match-lock, and never miss
ing a single shot. The only game I saw him fire at were hares;
and his eye was certainly marvellously quick for spotting them in
their forms. He seemed to consider it a matter of course that ho
should hit. The hares were small, but good eating. For .the
rest, we had as yet seen scarce any sport. One antelope and a
few hoobarrah comprise, I think, all. Wo found also a few
hoobarrah eggs. Snakes wero plentiful, and our people would kill
a dozen or more daily as they walked along. Lazaids too vcio
frequent, as wero also beetles, and both seemed to ha\ o some
curious varieties.
53. On the 28th starting from our ground on the fourth plain
wo finished tho last half of the same, and then ascended tho fifth