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half the huts and makes escape hopeless, and 

 life devoid of occupation, with fuel hard to 

 get and food scarce, is known providentially 

 only to the dwellers in the land. The scene 

 was cheerless enough now as the dusk set in, 

 though Mugal and Mulach were still in their 

 summer days of comfort and plenty. 



Rosemary and juniper bashes were the 

 most noticeable of the plants which grew by 

 our roadside, and a prickly bush covered 

 with berries of a bright rose red colour, very 

 beautiful to the eye and very acid to the 

 tongue. ' Kvadzakoori,' the natives called it, 

 and they told us it was greatly prized for 

 making mto liqueurs. By the time we had 

 reached the last of the hamlets of Mulach it 

 was dark, and there were but few lights in 

 huts. 



It was too late to go further, and we were 

 tired and hungry, but when we sought for a 

 roof to shelter us or food to eat, we were once 



