. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . ^ we. / 6 dec 21 WE VISIT AN EXTINCT CRATER 219 were rather glad to see smoke still ascending from the volcanoon the west, and looked forward eagerly to the next march,which would bring us close to it. Our route led us at first in a south-south-westerly direction,the loose, shifting sand of the coast being succeeded by a flattract covered with a layer of mussel shells about an inch thick,looking like asphalt mixed with gravel. Later tlie directionwas more decidedly south-westerly, and the ground was str
. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . ^ we. / 6 dec 21 WE VISIT AN EXTINCT CRATER 219 were rather glad to see smoke still ascending from the volcanoon the west, and looked forward eagerly to the next march,which would bring us close to it. Our route led us at first in a south-south-westerly direction,the loose, shifting sand of the coast being succeeded by a flattract covered with a layer of mussel shells about an inch thick,looking like asphalt mixed with gravel. Later tlie directionwas more decidedly south-westerly, and the ground was strewnwith chaotic masses of sharp-edged rock from a mans headto a cubic yard in size, which made walking most arduous,especially to the bare-footed men, who were soon complainingof their wounds. Here and there grew a few knotty acacias,the only vegetation we passed for some time. After four hours marching we camped beside a fissure-likecreek of the lake running up far inland, by the side of whichrose a little group of unfurcated Hyphema thebaica palms, theirfresh beauty contrasting vividly with
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