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* In preparing the nuts for use as food, it is desirable that they 

 " should be soaked in just such a quantity of water as they can 

 4; absorb, since if more be used there is danger of loss of the sugars, 

 " which would diffuse into the excess of water. 



We have already seen that in Hawea, according to Capt. Wellby, 

 the seeds are stewed before being eaten. 



Col. Swayne says ' Yeheb ' is wild ; Capt. Cordeaux in his 

 letters implies as much. Capt. Wellby speaks of the collection of 

 Gum and ' Yeheb ' in Marehan, which probably again implies that 

 it is wild. But Capt. Wellby speaks of ■ Yeheb ' being ■ grown ■ 

 in Hawea, thus suggesting the possibility that sometimes it may 

 be deliberately planted. 



Geographical Area. The material sent by Col. Swayne to the 

 Imperial Institute, and that sent by Capt. Cordeaux to Kew is 

 reported to have come from the « Haud ' or wilderness south of 

 the Dolbahanta country; both say to the south of Bohotleh. 

 Capt. Wellby has explained that seeds of ' Yeheb ' which reach 

 the northern coast towns may come from beyond the * Haud.' No 

 precise locality can yet be given for the material sent by 

 Dr. Warre, but the second lot of seeds came from " a different 

 quarter " from the first. Capt. Wellby's records are precise. He first 

 records ' Yeheb ' from Galkayu (Lon. 47° 30' E. ; Lat. 6° 4.V N.) 

 in Mudug, but does not leave it clear that the plant grows 

 in Mudug. He again records it from Adawilif (Lon. 46° 50' E. ; 

 Lat. o oo N.) in Marehan, clearly indicating that it is there a 

 ? *£' ,a?S more he records ^ from Gofoddo (Lon. 45° 40' E. ; 

 flu . T? X m Hawea - Mudug lies at the south-eastern corner 

 ot the Haud, where the Dolbahanta, Midjourten and Marehan 

 countries most closely approach each other. Marehan lies im- 



sotthtf ^Marehan ^ ea9t6rn ' HaUd ' ? HaWGa iS immediatel y 



th?nok°r d ! aUX Sl T V8 that P robabl y ' Yeheb ' is not native in 



5 Haud ' ^W W U ,iK T ',? n(i d ° eS UOt ° CCUr an ^ vhere Dorth <* ^e 

 of the H*n a i P v eUby d ° e u. not reCOrd tt from Midjourten, east 



"Haud 'from H^T ^ ° ffiCer Cr ° 8Sed and «*"*»* the . 

 l£wi 11* Raya \' n t0 Hoda yuwein and from Hodayuwein to 

 Lohotleh ; later on he crossed the • Haud ' a third time from south 



prese°n e of ^Yeheb %T ^ IV^ He did ** ^ the 



JSTS 1 ^V^^n*^^ coi of s which wer ? 



Mte-ss? so™ rH^S* « 



area extends beyond these Ifafi is not known ^ '' ^^ ltS 



P l^^dtsoV^^en^ T hetW ^ ^ ta ™ 

 that can only be satisfactorily SeirS nn h Pr8C1 ^, Fange are P oints 

 m Somaliland, to whose attention^ I ? y r T dents or travellers 

 The present account ^17! I* 6 ^^ect ie commended, 

 help in settling simtr Sferw *?** Who wish to 



to supply at the outeet i^T:^z:Tt^:sz H is 



