Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 9 CHAPTER III The Nefood And Djebel Shomeii Per correr miglior acqua alza le velo ( 'iiimt la navicella del mio ingegno, Che lascia dietro a se mar si crudele.?Dante Nefood?General Idea Of The Desert?Description Of The Nefood? Conduct Of The Bedouins In Our Party?'aalam-e8-sa'ad?News Of 'oneyzah Distant View Of I 1.11:1:1,1, Djobbah Band Of 8hoher Horsemen ? Djobbah, Its Neighbourhood ? The Governor?'aakil ? Second Nefood ? Sand Hollow And Wells ? Djebel 8hoher? Kinah, Lakietah, And Wosettah?Meaning Of The Word Nejed First View Of Hl'tel?The Palace, Its Buildings An Oute Court ?Attendants And People ? 8etf The Chamberlain ? Unexpected Recognition ? Telal's Arsenal; His Kl'hawah?State Prisoners ? Telal's Own Person And Retinue ? First Meeting ? Supper And Lodgings?Our Position?'abd-el-mahsin, His History And CharacTer?History Of Shomer?Its Early Population?Condition Under The Caliphs?Subsequent Anarchy?'abd-allah-ebn-rasheed?His First Attempt And Adventures His Enlistment Under Turkee-ebn- Sa'ood At Riad Expedition Against Hasa?'abd-allah And Me- Sharee?Foundation Of The New Shomer Dynasty?Destruction Of Beyt-'alee ? Reign Of 'abd-allah ? Principal Events ? Wars And Conquests ? He Begins The New Quarter And Palace Of Hi'yel Telil Succeeds?His Conquests?Internal And External Policy? Position Towards Nejed, The Ottoman Government, Egypt, And Persia Personal Qualities, And Family ? Audience Given To The 'azzam Sherarat. Daughtebs of the Great Desert, to use an Arab phrase, the Nefood, or sand passes, bear but too strong a family resemblance to their unamiable mother. What has been said elsewhere about their origin, their extent, their bearings, and their connection with the D'hana, or main sand waste of the south, may exempt me f...