 In this meeting , Said Bey had attempted to dissuade Lynch of his plans to travel to the Dead Sea , with Aqil remarking that the Bedouin of the Ghor ( Jordan Valley ) would " eat them up " . Lynch 's reply was that " they would find us difficult of digestion , " but he suggested that as Aqil seemed to hold influence with these tribes , he would be prepared to pay him to make the trip a more peaceable one . 
