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of l )(<• space («.' llpicd iv die 

 \ ! islini Is >f I'noham, Khureei 



unparalleled in i as il inn 



said to bo placed on a l< \ el l» t\\ en laud mil v I 



(hiring die, irreatei pun I die year, when its u 

 sandy flal totally devoid of vegetation; but, perlu . i>f its 



iati mendi moisi i • pre\ eni it - 



drifted. During nee of the soiHh-we.st wind 



s.i much wit ti]i its eastern inlet by die (iitl 



and. mi its we? ,h\ the eastern branch of the Iml 



lo cover its whole surface augmented by the freshes, which 



same time, thi I • and lUmass Rivers, ant! the 



numerous small streams which intersect the northeri 



At those seasons the Uunn has all die appearance of a - 



passable only oi j camels, and iii some seasons, wiih difficulty. 



wide intervals >. ■ find -mall patches of eour.su rush-like grass, i le\ ited 



u eouple of feet above the general level. The\ seem | () have 



flat banks formed ■ •■ action or preserved In vegeti 



the south-wesi of Baoham Island almost |)arallel to the main land 



stretches a low lying tract, nailed the Banni. It rise- a little highei 



than the remainder of the Uann and is about (i."> miles lone an 1 from 



ten to sixteen broad. In some places, especially near water, it is 



thickly, but for the most pari >oanlily covered with coarse grass, 



I hi- Babul {Acacia arabica) is the only tree thai breaks the 



monotony of die country. It does not reach the height ii iiftaii 



'lie mainland, is usually isolati il and rarely found gregi ri ms. ' " 



other plant- ■ ■ unf.ft»<:ar}>um and 



and TToliolrojiiiun, growing exclusively neat the hen hive 

 shaped grass huts of the herdsmen. 



There is no definite boundary hetween the Banni and the Uann. 

 South of I'anham Maud the liann ran onh be n ■ by a 



narrow bell devoid of tr , I'achum Island itself is sittiii i Ii 



centre of the Itann, stretching uhout L/i miles from iiord south 



and !<» from easi to west, ii is crossed In twos 



■"• hills : the one lo the north Kala 



bill' and rln one to tin i longur 



: ' In the i find the 



