. The earth and its inhabitants .. . f. of G Cemeteries. 1,000 feet. Giuletti has discovered the cofar, or musical acacia, which Schweinfurth describes on the banks of the Nile, at the confluence of the Sobat. Two routes, often blocked by the inroads of plundermg hordes, lead from Harrar to Zeila. One crosses a ridge to the north of the town, thence redescending into the basin of the Awash by the Galdessa Pass and valley, and from this point running towards the sea through the Issa territory, which is crossed by a chain of trachytic rocks trending southwards. The other and more direct but more
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . f. of G Cemeteries. 1,000 feet. Giuletti has discovered the cofar, or musical acacia, which Schweinfurth describes on the banks of the Nile, at the confluence of the Sobat. Two routes, often blocked by the inroads of plundermg hordes, lead from Harrar to Zeila. One crosses a ridge to the north of the town, thence redescending into the basin of the Awash by the Galdessa Pass and valley, and from this point running towards the sea through the Issa territory, which is crossed by a chain of trachytic rocks trending southwards. The other and more direct but more ruo-o-ed route ascends north-eastwards towards the Darmi Pass, crossing the country of the Gadibursis or Gudabursis. The town of Zeila lies south of a small archipelago of islets and reefs on a point of the coast where it is hemmed in by the Gadibursi tribe. It has two ports, one frequented by boats but impracticable for ships, whilst the other, not far south of the town, although very narrow, is from 26 to 33
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