BSY_FB_28-031

January Tuesday 31 1905

Umm idj-Djimâl 7:30 A.M. Temp 29 ° Baro. S 27.15 " L. 27.50

Heavy Hoar frost.

Left camp 11:45 with 2 tents, 3 muleteers, 1 groom, 2 donkeys
3 servants and a Haurani guide, the rest of the camp going to the
Christian village of Ṭîsiyeh some 2 hours to the N., we going South over a
rolling desert country meeting a few scattered Beduins with their tents &
flocks. We crossed a large hill covered with flint, broken into small
pieces, one of a range of hills running S.E. from the foot hills of the mtns.
to the W. hill called Tell il-Ḳaḥât, and camped near its S. base in Wadi
'Âḳib (Druse), 'Âgib (Beduin) 'Âdjib (another Beduin). Arriving camp 2:45
where we found water in pools in the river bottom and several Butm
trees, one large one by the side of our camp. Also considerably Laurel & Ḥamḍ

Time 6:00 P.M. Baro. L 27.70 Temp 59 °F. But it seems much colder.
calm to #1 Breeze S.E. 8:10 P.M. Temp. 39 ° Calm Baro. L. 27.70 clear.

[drawn topographic map showing N, S, E, W directions with wadi 'Âḳib and *camp labelled]

L. & N. walked up on the hill to W. of camp, line stone of peculiar formation
(see photo.) and saw sunset - neutral tints. Hills 3 miles to S. on the side of one
and about half way up is a ruin Ḥammâm iṣ-Ṣararakh, to the east
in the plain some 1/2 hour is ruin Ḳoṣêr il-Ḥallabât (see note 2/6/05)

January Tuesday 31 1905

Umm idj-Djimâl 7:30 A.M. Temp 29 ° Baro. S 27.15 " L. 27.50

Heavy Hoar frost.

Left camp 11:45 with 2 tents, 3 muleteers, 1 groom, 2 donkeys
3 servants and a Haurani guide, the rest of the camp going to the
Christian village of Ṭîsiyeh some 2 hours to the N., we going South over a
rolling desert country meeting a few scattered Beduins with their tents &
flocks. We crossed a large hill covered with flint, broken into small
pieces, one of a range of hills running S.E. from the foot hills of the mtns.
to the W. hill called Tell il-Ḳaḥât, and camped near its S. base in Wadi
'Âḳib (Druse), 'Âgib (Beduin) 'Âdjib (another Beduin). Arriving camp 2:45
where we found water in pools in the river bottom and several Butm
trees, one large one by the side of our camp. Also considerably Laurel & Ḥamḍ

Time 6:00 P.M. Baro. L 27.70 Temp 59 °F. But it seems much colder.
calm to #1 Breeze S.E. 8:10 P.M. Temp. 39 ° Calm Baro. L. 27.70 clear.

[drawn topographic map showing N, S, E, W directions with wadi 'Âḳib and *camp labelled]

L. & N. walked up on the hill to W. of camp, line stone of peculiar formation
(see photo.) and saw sunset - neutral tints. Hills 3 miles to S. on the side of one
and about half way up is a ruin Ḥammâm iṣ-Ṣararakh, to the east
in the plain some 1/2 hour is ruin Ḳoṣêr il-Ḥallabât (see note 2/6/05)