Through unknown African countries; the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu . \ ; -1 T ~-. GROUP OF ARUSA GALLAS. From a Photograpli by F. Gillett. the south a great extent of low-lying, bushy country, con-taining only a few isolated, outstanding eminences, risingto varying heights of from one to three thousand feet,spread out far below us. We now commenced to riserapidly, reaching, at the end of the next days march, anelevation of three thousand eight hundred feet. Theweather was cloudy and cool, and we began to feel a fewrain-drops. 48 THROUGH UNKNOWN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. On reaching
Through unknown African countries; the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu . \ ; -1 T ~-. GROUP OF ARUSA GALLAS. From a Photograpli by F. Gillett. the south a great extent of low-lying, bushy country, con-taining only a few isolated, outstanding eminences, risingto varying heights of from one to three thousand feet,spread out far below us. We now commenced to riserapidly, reaching, at the end of the next days march, anelevation of three thousand eight hundred feet. Theweather was cloudy and cool, and we began to feel a fewrain-drops. 48 THROUGH UNKNOWN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. On reaching some water-holes called Roko, a chief of avillage near by, named Jilo Nubonna, rushed out to meetus, and implored us to recover a lot of sheep and cattlethe Abyssinians had just carried off, and which, he said,had belonged to his dead brother. I, of course, told himit would not do for us to interfere, as we wished to befriends with everybody. Fortunately, we were able to getplenty of water at the end of nearly every march, but thecountry was very rough for the camels. We marchedabout six hours
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