Chapter 20

David, King, i. 212 Darwayshes, wandering, i. 13 A Darwaysh’s the safest disguise, 14 The two orders of Darwayshes, 15 Death, easy in the East, ii. 183 [p.432] Death-wail, of Oriental women, i. 118 Deir, i. 189 Deraiyah, the capital of the Wahhabis, i. 369 Deri dialect, said to be spoken by the Almighty, i. 344, n. Descendants of the Prophet, one of the five orders of pensioners at Al-Madinah, i. 375 Desert, the Great, by moonlight, i. 85 Camel riding in, 143, 148 Reflected heat of, 144, n. Habits and manners of the Badawi camel-men, 146 Peculiarities by which inhabitants of the Desert may be recognised, 146, n. Feeling awakened by a voyage through the Desert, 148 The oases, 149 Unaptly compared to a sandy sea, 150, n. The pleasures of the Desert, 150 Effect of the different seasons in the Desert, 151, n. Pleasures of smoking in the, 152 A midnight halt in the, 154 The absinthe (“Wormwood of Pontus”) of the, 155 Rest under the shade of the mimosa tree, 155 Perfect safety of the Suez road across the, 156 A Badawi ambuscade, 156 Charms of the Desert, 158 The Desert near Yambu’, 242 Fears of the travellers in crossing, 244 Breakfast in the, 244 Dinner in the, 245 Hot winds in the Deserts of Arabia, 247 Desert valleys, 252 Fatal results from taking strong drinks in the Desert during summer heats, 265, n. Discipline of the Desert, ii. 36, n. Effect of Arab poetry in the, 99 Description of an Arabian Desert, 223 Devil, the Great (Shaytan al-Kabir), ceremony of throwing stones at,