. Seventeen trips through Somaliland and a visit to Abyssinia; with supplementary preface on the 'Mad Mullah' risings. Maxamad Cabdulle Xasan, 1864-1920; Ethnology; Zoology. 198 THROUGH SOMALILAND AND ABYSSINIA CH. vil The whole of the country we passed over, after leaving the open Marar Prairie at Jig-Jiga, had been low and hilly, covered with thorn-forest of no great height, and since leaving the Jerer Valley it had been much cut up by ravines and watercourses. The most important of these were the Tug F^fan, which we crossed near Nino, and the Sullul and Daghatto streams. At the seasons when
. Seventeen trips through Somaliland and a visit to Abyssinia; with supplementary preface on the 'Mad Mullah' risings. Maxamad Cabdulle Xasan, 1864-1920; Ethnology; Zoology. 198 THROUGH SOMALILAND AND ABYSSINIA CH. vil The whole of the country we passed over, after leaving the open Marar Prairie at Jig-Jiga, had been low and hilly, covered with thorn-forest of no great height, and since leaving the Jerer Valley it had been much cut up by ravines and watercourses. The most important of these were the Tug F^fan, which we crossed near Nino, and the Sullul and Daghatto streams. At the seasons when it is occupied by the tribes, all this country gives excellent pasture, and supports horses, camels, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats ; but there were no permanent settle- ments on this route between Hargeisa and the Webbe, a distance of about three hundred miles. In parts of the Jerer Valley, notably at Dagahbiir, Haljid, Harakleh, and Jig-Jiga, cultivation could be extensively carried on; in fact, Dagahbiir was, not long ago, a thriving settlement, but had to be abandoned for the usual reason, tribal feuds and the absence of any strong government. The Rer Amdden do not generally send caravans to trade at Berbera, but deal indirectly through the Sheikh Ash and Rer Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Swayne, Harald George Carlos, 1860-. London, R. Ward, limited
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