. With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria . affairs, we thought itbest to send to Kerak for an escort to conduct us whenthe Jehalin should have left us. We accordingly dis-patched Selims negro slave, and another Jehalin man,with a letter from me to Mr. Lethaby (an Englishmissionary residing at that place), requesting him toget one of the Sheiks of Kerak to meet us at Nimeirah,where we promised to wait for him. In this letter wasenclosed one from the British Consul, addressed toSheik Saleh, the Ruler of the Keraki, and the head ofthe Mejelli (the
. With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria . affairs, we thought itbest to send to Kerak for an escort to conduct us whenthe Jehalin should have left us. We accordingly dis-patched Selims negro slave, and another Jehalin man,with a letter from me to Mr. Lethaby (an Englishmissionary residing at that place), requesting him toget one of the Sheiks of Kerak to meet us at Nimeirah,where we promised to wait for him. In this letter wasenclosed one from the British Consul, addressed toSheik Saleh, the Ruler of the Keraki, and the head ofthe Mejelli (the governing family of Kerak) recom-mending us to his protection. We calculated that itwould take nearly twenty-four hours to get a replyfrom Kerak, and sat down to look about us. We werenow on the eastern side of the Ghor, under some high,bare, red-coloured mountains, but with all else cut offfrom view by the vegetation around us. Just before sunset a great brawl arose between theGhawarineh and our Jehalin escort, and for a time it 1 Not to be confounded with Tel Nimrin referred to p.
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