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some one had closed the door with a mat. I almost 

 ait my way out of the dense atmosphere, and for- 

 tunately found it fine outside, and sat down to wait 

 for food and party. 



The thunderstorm and loss of baggage was an un- 

 expected delay. Yet though we did not start till 7 A.M. 

 we put in nine marching hours next day. The going 

 was so much over hill and dale, that I find a note 

 in my field-book to say that we only went at the rate 

 of three miles an hour. 



We left the road to Gila (80°) on our left, and at 

 once had to climb the steep rocky side of J. Anbek- 

 wroso. I went up on all-fours most of the way. It 

 was a sheer 150 feet at least. From the top, as from 

 Migi, the ground sloped gently eastwards, was high 

 to the north, and fell away quite steeply to the south. 



Along many of the khors we passed we saw growing 

 the giant ferns out of whose stems, split into narrow 

 lathes, the Fertitaui make their couches. The stems 

 from which the fronds sprout are almost square, 

 2 inches in diameter, and very light and strong ; so 

 much so that it was once proposed to make the poles 

 of hospital stretchers of them. I do not think the 

 idea was given a trial. It would have been a success. 



In this vicinity Captain Percival (Rifle Brigade) puts 

 the source of the Reikei. This interests me greatly, 

 for I was told that it rose in J. Giyawa. However, the 

 matter is not open to argument as far as I am con- 

 cerned, for I could not authoritatively venture an 

 opinion on it. The lie of the country appeared to 

 be against Percival's theory. The road appeared to 



