1920-22 Draft of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom – Page 64
1920-22 Draft of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Page 64
B6 64 Wndara. Then some tzme as we were in the wad again, helped war by the last shining of the moon. We marched dawn Wadi Moned, the vault of the dead, but, athwart, and in each side shoot- parched hilly sines of herbs and shrubs in the colours men. Then were mining pits, unmodem where we passed not in the windings and worked well inwads. Here there was singing and dogs barking. The dogs started always and war ahemd as we came to houses shoved against rocks, and some one shouted out smaller valleys. A fow tracts joined fom onch and voth. This was Wadi Milh, or where loft the Sobeih perform came across through Jobel Subit on its uny fram Bir Athera to Rebigh Fernan shove pass tombs. Tater it follows this shght reyad but, since not with, tattling faythen the shrunk wadis loated doth tht ond more barely than re averays of the manows that valy of Subit bdbd. Subit is a beautiful iale for is dwailuns ond vdlages. More bwilbings the same were part enough if, and re piles aliafs themselves of this stone wathd down outside it hand suffected anegb if rude fuight wright will only builting with the tofee reliuns hows. We were in this cars the groot valley. just te tomise rove only stretch in Shraf elmnd ee Naman, berks of Athera of Fihia, and the Shraf's Tawn if ae the mors, beyond Imrhithm, horvlous of Noman Firso lowd in the sandstone fill mawde a s. somehow Net rman, mearor) 4.11 Khalleh tame ert forn among the lamas, and coged men to fo is the acwraled caise feyfur lammen is a lung swer If tenuation, omed site it was retured to deid to face ue un irs convoution. Monam Shatd quonels te enpyrd, ond from hor avort He shonty tade bunded, an frudily torded the amdors. The wrwyes pust toke a bettie fook bl to find Whers yrtum coud not be formidbd rem, featurng a clelund foboe of the divah of lund in the hrg's. fron tra voleavus dengs eakh of parohat. but cumally what rvle wem oteow tre langns, and wended with aryed bub. EA dty fwilttr went nad falt apart albogs from them awoted urth goad dasgn acd acarpt of to cre ther the shape somuret to hign foals with dah reye.
I cis ot Daid, on then ny past attempt whle Obeid and Oldulln fud aot vicorned as that in his fmwsk Khalleh meat budy-bumg thu madw, and dacorols, from dies toult. Momoult oge the Aad to rooy a pronson If pro fit a tll good f na howated mlus. We won now fwided, and he chat oyam agaw with Khalleh fedrda bnof te cust poyfur, and a sowou Fewid had bew He red vir. If soomei te had bua uted dy the Ring, or the wd slancu may, a Ulb wore te Khol in the bul if Wadi Sofar Kumlh. Khalleh, himselt io wae thm, we wiytt toww for sure from fort a at udt tine.
Maanth the nait pllaso on our guard. Th faytts had nut baw acmu but the for convectiw van alt among the tutramam of Obood and Khalleh, and the rommar ded buts if cach wer tok bt ader.
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