Camille Fronk notes that Doughty observed that “the Arabians inhabit a land of dearth and hunger” and that “many times between their waterings, there is not a pint of water left in the greatest sheykhs’ tents.” He also noted that when scant water was available, it was often unwholesome “lukewarm ground-water” or else infected with camel urine.“ [Camille Fronk, ”Desert Epiphany: Sariah & the Women in 1 Nephi," in Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, Vol. 9, Num. 2, 2000, FARMS, pp. 12, 80]