A STEADY MIGRATION 



answers to my questions varied considerably. It is 

 likely, however, that each tribe has its own methods, 

 although all are probably based on the same general 

 principles. 



The Aulehan inhabit the country between Lorian 

 and Sarrenleh ; but they are generally to be found in 

 the northern parts of that region, and it is only an 

 occasional family, or a band of young warriors, that 

 makes its way south to Tur Guda and Haryel. 



The Maghabul, although not numerically strong, 

 possess immense herds of cattle ; they wander in 

 search of orass and water through the districts of 

 Joreh and Gulola, according to the season ; and it was 

 with them that I remained the longest. 



There was, and there is still, a steady migration of 

 Somali from the north towards the south and west ; I 

 have already referred to the fact that the Marehan 

 have but lately crossed the Juba, while it is only the 

 Tana that temporarily prevented the Abdulla and the 

 Abd Wak from driving the Galla still farther south. 

 Some seventy-five years ago the latter tribe enjoyed 

 undisputed possession of the country between the 

 Juba and the Tana. At the same time the Ogaden 

 Somali were migrating southwards in the vicinity of 

 the Webbe Shebeyli. Here they were met by the 

 Rahn-Wen and the Bimaal, who severely defeated 

 them and drove them westwards across the Juba 

 River. They now came into collision with the Galla, 

 locally known to-day in Jubaland as the Werdey, by 

 whom they were again defeated with great loss ; the 

 fighting, however, was continued for nearly two years, 

 when they made peace, and obtained the consent of 

 the Galla to settle side by side with them in Jubaland. 

 For five years this state of things continued ; in the 



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