AT SESSABANE. 
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exterior, through which you may see the earth being kicked 
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out in little jets, that cause one to look on in astonishment, 
if one does not know the origin of these little volcanoes. 
When we reached Sessabane, on the rst of August, I 
was astonished to find there great herds of fine cattle. I 
had never seen half so many cattle together before in 
Somaliland. The natives were most civil, and anxious to 
trade with me. You can imagine my chagrin when I 
heard, a few days afterward, that they had been raided by 
HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER. 
the Abyssinians, under Ras MacKonnen, their cattle 
driven off, the young girls taken as slaves, and the older 
people killed and mutilated. 
There is much water about Sessabane in pools, and a 
luxurious vegetation. You find many superb sycamore or 
“durre” trees, as they are called by the Somalis, which 
bear a fruit resembling figs, but lacking in flavor. The 
“durre” trees are found pretty much all over Somaliland, 
in valleys where there is water. There is also a “ gub,” or 
“jujube” tree, which bears a fruit the size of a cherry, 
