MORE POLICE BOMBING

;andy wadi bed. The noise was terrific and multiplied by those echo-
Is, but on this particular day no damage was done. It seems strange
>lice bombing such as this can have the effect it does, but discussing it
ribesmen who have been bombed, the fact of the matter is that it is
ie noise, the moral effect, which makes them surrender, for they
what it wpuld be like if the bombs fell on them,'
e fine imposed on the whole Hamumi tribe was 100 camels and 100
and, as usual, twice the amount of loot taken. This amounted to a
deal—about 6,000 rupees worth in all. The operations produced the
1 effect, though unfortunately there were three casualties. When,
rer, it is considered that we were up against the whole tribe of about
armed men and operating over 3,000 square miles of territory, it is
kable there were not more, and is a fine testimony to the care the
I Air Force take to avoid damage to human life. The Hamumis
iclves thought nothing of the casualties and they themselves had
two men.

ie chiefs of the ten Hamumi sections came into Shihr with all the loot,
>f the fine, two hostages from each section and die miscreants. There
he usual surrender ceremony and they fully admitted the justice of
had been done. We made friends and I gave them periods up to
a month in which to pay the balance. It was all paid in the time fixed
nstead of 100 rifles, 270 were brought as the people said they had no
of rifles if there was going to be security. The balance of the rifles
some extra camels were allowed against the cash fine. The actual
lerers were tried and sentenced by His Highnesses court to imprisonment
fc.

a interesting feature of the Hamumi operations was again the whole- •
:ed co-operation of the tribesmen and townsmen against the offenders,
the economic blockade, which was willingly enforced by the people
hihr and the Hadhramaut and die neighbouring tribes, was a great
»r in compelling their speedy submission.

?7hile I was in Shihr negotiating final terms with the Hamumi, a Seiyid
d brought me a document which showed that these were not the only
rtiations going on at the rime. The document, which had just been
faded by the Seiyick of Shihr, was a sort of treaty of alliance by husbands
ost the eactravagancc of wives. My friend told me that the
5 always having trouble with dbdx wives who.wete trjrtagf to
i other in dmses and in entertsubomcm, mudb to the