When Denham heard Clapperton’s news he immediately proposed an expedition across the desert to Egypt. But good sense prevailed…
-Off the Map, Fergus Fleming
I am glad that good sense did not prevail when I asked Hajj Bashir if I might cross the desert with one of his herds, that good sense did not prevail upon Da’ūd when I asked him to come along, nor that ‘Ihsās Ma’qūl, Good Sense, did not deter KhairAllah from setting out on the Darb with two greenhorn Khawajas who barely spoke Arabic and had never before ridden a camel.