Is there any outlying sheikh who owes old Rafiki money?
Who are his wives, for instance ?" "Now you're on the track," said de Crespigny.

"One of his wives--the third, I think--is the daughter of Abbas Mahommed of the Beni-Yussuf tribe.

Abbas Mahommed is always in debt to him." "Where's his place ?" "Down near the lower end of the Dead Sea.

Right near where you'll want to pitch your first camp.

Abbas Mahommed sells him camel wool and hides, and goes in debt in advance regularly.