"LH" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... serpentine, with silvery threads, so plentiful in the Wady Surr. The Wasm in most cases showed some form of a cross, which is held to be a potent charm by the Sinaitic Bedawin; and on two detached water-rolled pebbles were distinctly inscribed lH and Vl, which looked exceedingly like Europe. Apparently the custom is dying out: the modern Midianites have forgotten the art and mystery of tribal signs (Wusum). In many places the people cannot distinguish between inscriptions and "Bill Snooks his mark," and they can interpret ...
— The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 • Richard Burton |
