The Land of Midian, vol 2

The Land of Midian, vol 2

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Title: The Land of Midian, Vol. 2
Author: Richard Burton
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The Land of Midian (Revisited).
By Richard F. Burton.
In Two Volumes.
Vol. II.
C. Kegan Paul & Co. London:
1879.

To the Memory of My Much Loved Niece, Maria Emily Harriet Stisted, Who Died at Dovercourt, November 12, 1878.

CONTENTS

PART II.
The March Through Central and Eastern Midian. (Continued)

Chapter XI.
The Unknown Lands South of the Hism��--Ruins of Shuw��k and Shaghab
Chapter XII.
From Shaghab to Zib��--Ruins of El-Khandak�� and Umm ��mil--The Turquoise Mine--Return to El-Muwaylah
Chapter XIII.
A Week Around and Upon the Sh��rr Mountain--R��sum�� of the March Through Eastern or Central Midian
Chapter XIV.
Down South--To El-Wijh�CNotes on the Quarantine-- The Hutaym Tribe.
Chapter XV.
The Southern Sulphur-Hill--The Cruise to El-Haur��- -Notes on the Baliyy Tribe and the Volcanic Centres of North-Western Arabia
Chapter XVI.
Our Last March--The Inland Fort--Ruins of the Gold-Mines at Umm El-Kar��y��t and Umm El-Har��b
Chapter XVII.
The March Continued to El-Bad��--Description of the Plain Badais
Chapter XVIII.
Coal a "Myth"--March to Marw��t--Arrival at the Wady Hamz
Chapter XIX.
The Wady Hamz--The Classical Ruin--Ab��'l- Mar��, The Mine of "Marwah"--Return to El- Wijh--R��sum�� of the Southern Journey Conclusion
Appendix I. Dates of the Three Journeys (Northern, Central, and Southern) made by the Second Khedivial Expedition Appendix II. EXpenses of the Expedition to Midian, Commanded by Captain R. F. Burton, H.B.M. Consul, Trieste Appendix III. Preserved Provisions and other Stores, Supplied by Messrs. Volt��ra Bros., of the Ezbekiyyah, Cairo Appendix IV. Botany and List of Insects Appendix V. Meteorological Journal
Index

PART II.
The March Through Central and Eastern Midian. (Continued.)

Chapter XI.
The Unknown Lands South of the Hism���CRuins of Shuw��k and Shaghab.

We have now left the region explored by Europeans; and our line to the south and the south-east will lie over ground wholly new. In front of us the land is no longer Arz Madyan: we are entering South Midian, which will extend to El-Hej��z. As the march might last longer than had been expected, I ordered fresh supplies from El-Muwaylah to meet us in the interior via Zib��. A very small boy acted dromedary-man; and on the next day he reached the fort, distant some thirty-five and a half direct geographical miles eastward with a trifling of northing.
We left the Jayb el-Khuraytah on a delicious morning (6.15 a.m., February 26th), startling the gazelles and the hares from their breakfast graze.
The former showed in troops of six; and the latter were still breeding, as frequent captures of the long-eared young proved. The track lay down the Wady Dahal and other influents of the great Wady Sa'l��wwah, a main feeder of the D��mah. We made a considerable d��tour between south-south-east and south-east to avoid the rocks and stones discharged by the valleys of the Shafah range on our left. To the right rose the Jib��l el-Tih��mah, over whose nearer brown heights appeared the pale blue peaks of Jebel Sh��rr and its southern neighbour, Jebel Sa'l��wwah.
At nine a.m. we turned abruptly eastward up the Wady el-Sulaysalah, whose head falls sharply from the Shafah range. The surface is still Hism�� ground, red sand with blocks of ruddy grit, washed down from the plateau on the left; and, according to Furayj, it forms the south-western limit of the Harrah. The valley is honeycombed into man-traps by rats and lizards, causing many a tumble, and notably developing the mulish instinct. We then crossed a rough and rocky divide, Arabic�� a Majr��, or, as the Bedawin here pronounce it, a "Magr��h,"[EN#1] which takes its name from the tormented Ruways ridge on the right. After a hot, unlively march of four hours (= eleven miles), on mules worn out by want of water, we dismounted at a queer isolated lump