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their property, the population has diminished, and hyaenas prowl around the town- 

 walls. Coffee- growing is the principal occupation of the region around Harrar and 

 in the plains tilled by the Gallas ; the berry, which is of a superior quality, is 

 exported from Hodeidah and Aden, under the name of " Mocha." Like the Yemen 

 Arabs, the Harrari do not infuse the coffee, although they drink decoctions of bark 

 and dried leaves. Tobacco, the opium poppy, bananas, oranges, and grapes are 

 also produced on the plains of Harrar ; the potato has recently been introduced, 

 and all the vegetables imported from Europe have thrived well. In its forests 



Fig. 66.— Hakrar. 

 Scale 1 : 9,500. 



f. . of G 



Cemeteries. 



1,000 feet. 



Giuletti has discovered the cofar, or musical acacia, which Schweinfurth describes 

 on the banks of the Nile, at the confluence of the Sobat. 



Two routes, often blocked by the inroads of plundermg hordes, lead from 

 Harrar to Zeila. One crosses a ridge to the north of the town, thence redescending 

 into the basin of the Awash by the Galdessa Pass and valley, and from this point 

 running towards the sea through the Issa territory, which is crossed by a chain of 

 trachytic rocks trending southwards. The other and more direct but more ruo-o-ed 

 route ascends north-eastwards towards the Darmi Pass, crossing the country of the 

 Gadibursis or Gudabursis. The town of Zeila lies south of a small archipelago of 

 islets and reefs on a point of the coast where it is hemmed in by the Gadibursi 

 tribe. It has two ports, one frequented by boats but impracticable for ships, 

 whilst the other, not far south of the town, although very narrow, is from 26 to 33 



