ABSTRACT
WANDERING BADU COME Up to the tablelands of stone during the winter months when the nights are cool and the sun tempered by the haze; they visit them for the sake of their healths, otherwise this region is inhospitable and wearisome to a degree not easily describable; our caravan stayed apart as possible from others; once we all remained quiet after a detour while Muhammed whispered to me that roving or marauding bands sometimes came up here, and the caravan that we could hear approaching faintly in the distance might be up to no good.
