158 THROUGH UNKNOWN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. 
fields of durrha and Indian corn. The little villages scat- 
tered about these lovely gardens have a very picturesque 
appearance. I was quite charmed with our camp at 
Warwai at sunset, a few palms close about our tent 
forming a striking foreground to a purple sky, with a few 
distant clouds in it, light as lace, and of a distinct green- 
ish hue. 
The fertile valley, with its loamy soil, ends abruptly 
towards the south in a rough, barren, undulating country, 
reaching as far as the eye can see, and containing here 
and there a few outstanding eminences, while to the north 
there appears to be nothing but dense woods and forests. 
The forests were fairly alive with birds; but, except the 
large green bee-eater, they were of the same species I had 
seen about the Shebeli River. I succeeded in buying two 
good strong camels, the price being two of my poor ani- 
mals, and ten pieces of cloth; but this bit of luck was 
counterbalanced by the discovery that two very important 
boxes had been soaked during the crossing of the Ganana 
and their contents destroyed, one of these boxes containing 
undeveloped plates, while the second held provisions, such 
as flour and salt. Although Dcdson and I had but little 
European food to last us for the long journey ahead, we 
knew we should not starve while ground durrha meal was 
to be procured; but the loss of the photographs was most 
exasperating, as they illustrated the country and natives 
about Sheikh Husein; I have to. thank Mr. Fred Gillett 
therefore for the photographs of the Arusa Gallas which 
appear in the first part of this book. Fortunately my 
Somali photographs were in a separate box, and were 
uninjured. 
Our next march led us along a narrow path to a place 
called Uunsi, where many camels and other animals are 
brought to be watered at the river; and I was rejoiced on 
