ABSTRACT
I T is time to say something of the wild parts of Jebel Jihaf, the uncultivated, rough and stony places of the greatest interest to us
in our work. The deepest recess explored, Wadi Leje (pronounced " Leggy "), lies towards the south-western end of the mountain, and the highest point near its north-eastern extremity (see again the panorama, Photo I I I). Our camp lay roughly midway between the two. But, though long all-day excursions were made on foot to these distant parts of the mountain, the immediate surroundings of the camp provided plenty of stony wild land, covered with scrubby vegetation, small trees, flowering bushes and herbs. So, when less arduous walk~ ing and collecting were needed we worked close at hand, or along the narrow strips of waste ground at the back of the little terraced fields. There, at the foot of the stone terrace of the field above, was shade and moisture enough to allow a rank growth of grass and flowering weeds.
