. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. KASSALA—SABDERAT—ALGADEN—DOLKA. 251 To the north succeed the two large Hadendoa villages of Miktinah and Filik, which are of some importance as market-places. To the south-east the Bazen peasantry, half converted to Islam, people the village of Elit, built at a height of 1,330 feet above the plain, on an almost inaccessible terrace half-way up the side of a granite mountain, scooped out at the top into a cultivated crater of quadran- Fig. 82.—Kassala. Scale 1 : 3 Miles. gular shape. The " boiler " of Elit is probably a sinking
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. KASSALA—SABDERAT—ALGADEN—DOLKA. 251 To the north succeed the two large Hadendoa villages of Miktinah and Filik, which are of some importance as market-places. To the south-east the Bazen peasantry, half converted to Islam, people the village of Elit, built at a height of 1,330 feet above the plain, on an almost inaccessible terrace half-way up the side of a granite mountain, scooped out at the top into a cultivated crater of quadran- Fig. 82.—Kassala. Scale 1 : 3 Miles. gular shape. The " boiler " of Elit is probably a sinking of the soil, such as is frequently met with in rocks pierced with grottoes. North of Elit and already on the slope of the Khôr Barka, is the village of Algaden or Alyeden, whose houses are scattered amidst the overturned blocks on the sides of Mount Dablot or Doblut, which overlooks a vast horizon of hills and plains between the two rivers Mareb and Barka. Algaden lies on the route to Mecca taken by the Takruri pilgrims, who support themselves from village to. 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 Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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