wadan's

Updated: May 11, 2025

It instantly disperses them, the fine strong hair of the Wadan's beard hitting them like pins and needles. This species of fly-flap is greatly valued in Soudan, where it sells at a high price. The hairs which are of a dull grey or red brown, are usually dyed with henna when made up into fly-flaps. I expressed myself extremely obliged to the Haj.

James Richardson - Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846