Friday March 13 [13 March 1914] We continued our extremely boring way across the low sandhills of the Dehannah [Dahna, Ad]. Although it is not called Nefud [Nafud, An] the flora is that of the Nefud and not of the Hamad [Hamad, Al]. Lots of 'alga with their black flowers. We passed a small jubb with a rijm over it and came down a slope called al Rabdeh into the open sandy flats of the Dechach (Deqaa'). Here we saw some flocks and were told by the herdsman that we were going too much N. Finally we got out of the sand into the jalad of the Hejarrah. Stock, mignonette, several kind of dandelions and many other small unknown flowers. The ground was rolling here and gathering into shallow wadis full of 'arfej. We saw some tents and herds of the Abdeh (Ibn 'Ajel, who is khal of Abd al Aziz al Rashid) and camped in the rising ground beyond. A boy came to us and gave us news that the Amir had had a message from Ajemi ibn Sa'dun asking him to help him in raiding the Mtair and the Duffir and has gone off east to the burak of the derb Zubaideh and probably further east. The men who camped with us were very likely being sent to Hayyil [Hail] to gather forces for this raid. We marched 91/4 hours today. A little rain last night and a few drops this morning but the clouds luckily held up. It's still cloudy tonight.