SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 





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Fig. I. — Looking over the Hottentot town of Berseba, the only town within 

 7 miles, towards Mt. Brukkaros, which rises 2,000 feet above the plain. 



Fig. 2. — The observer's dwelling on Mt. Brukkaros. The mountain top is 

 practically devoid of vegetation, and water for all purposes is brought up 

 from a water-hole about a mile away. 



