282 THE GUHAYNA GROUP III. 3. IX.

why it is that the Bakkara in general, and the Hawazma in particular, preserve no record or tradition of connection with the Beni Harb.

X The present divisions of the Hawazma, all of whom are in Kordofan, are as follows. It will be noticed that there are none of those coincidences of nomenclature between them and the Bakkara living farther west which would show that overlapping and interpenetration had occurred among the two parties. Such elements in the Hawazma as are not original have been absorbed by them in eastern and southern Kordofan.

A. 'Abd el 'Ali B.

C.