bedden

Updated: June 28, 2025

The country was dried up, and there was only scant herbage for my large herd of cattle, the half of which I promised to give Bedden if he would carry our baggage to Lobore. The sheik returned to his village to make arrangements with his people for the journey. Somehow or other, as he took leave and marched off in his grand cloak of silver and purple, I had certain misgivings of his sincerity.

Sir Samuel White Baker - Ismailia