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Clarke, represented L147 6s. 6d., not including the L40 of which we were plundered by the bandit Ma'azah. The ascent of the Sharr also cost L40, making a grand total of L187 6s. 6d. The march to the Hisma gave us a fair idea of the three main formations of Madyan, which lie parallel and east of one another: 1.
We had not brought a sufficient supply with us, and twenty-two miles to and from the Wady Dahal was a long way for camels, to say nothing of their owners and the danger of prowling Ma'azah. In front water lay still farther off, according to the guides, who, it will be seen, notably deceived us.
I have noted their northern and southern frontiers: to the north-east they are bounded by the vicious Ma'azah and the Ruwala-'Anezahs, and to the south-east by the Alaydan-'Anezahs, under Shaykh Mutlak. Like their northern nomadic neighbours, they have passed over to Egypt, and even the guide-books speak of the "Billi" in the valley of the Nile.
But we were stopped upon the very threshold of the Hisma by the Ma'azah, a tribe of brigands which must be subjected to discipline before the province of Madyan can be restored to its former status. This northern portion had been visited by Dr. Wallin; the other two-thirds of the march lay, I believe, over untrodden ground.
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