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BSY_FB_28-021
Umm idj-Djimâl 8:00 A.M. Temp. 40 ° Baro S. 27.32 " L. 27.60 # 3 Breeze E.S.E. Cirrus clouds # 3 to # 4 " " during night. of 20th 21st. of a beautiful full-moon. # 3 to 5 " " during morning
BSY_FB_28-022
Umm idj Djimâl, 9:00 A.M. Temp. 42 ° Baro S. 27.10 " L 27.40 Cloudy.
No work, it being Sunday. B. L. & N. explored some tombs in the desert, outside of the city, taking about a two hour walk, from the N.W. to the S.E. - in afternoon. - also walked among the ruins in the morning.
My servant Peter, took his horse and explored the country to the S. & S.E. for 2 or 3 miles, and following to the E. the flight of some ducks that were flushed from what was left of our old pool of water, came in 1/2 hours to a good pool of clear water, so that we are all very happy.
I gave a Beduin some Boric acid for his eyes, and after carefully and emphatically explaining to him that he should use only the clearest of spring water, was asked "Shall I mix coffee with it?"
BSY_FB_28-023
Umm idj-Djimâl 8:30 A.M. Temp. 37 ° Baro. S. 27.20 " L. 27.46
Calm, light fog, Hoar frost
About 30 Druse horsemen rode in to the ruins this after noon, and quartered themselves on the Beduins. Their curiosity at my theodolite was so great, that they crowded around so much that I could not do my work and so stopped. They nosed into the doors of the tents but were not invited to enter being treated very coolly. Then they squatted in a circle on the ground at some distance away and had an ernest confab about something.
Two Beduin woman were given medicine. One of them came smoking a long stemed? stone bowled pipe. They were greatly pleased to receive any attention from such a big man as myself and so had a fine time, smiling & laughing. One of them said that her brother's beard would grow for a week and then all drop out & she wanted some medicine for him also. Among these people it is a great shame to be beardless.
The entire Hauran range is covered with snow to 5 miles S. of Salkhard, and down to the 3500 ft. level.
BSY_FB_28-024
Umm idj Djimâl 8:30 A.M. Temp 36 ° Baro S 27.19 " L 27.52
# 2 Breeze N.W. clouds 3/4 all kinds. 1/4 in ice during night. Slight flurries of snow in morning - 10 to 12 o'clock
Druse & Beduin all left this morning
A cold bleak winter day.
While surveying in afternoon, I caught sight of a brown Abâye disappearing around the corner of a building as I turned a corner. I investigated and found that a Beduin was watching my movements on the sly although all were supposed to have left this morning.
