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collection of more than a thousand huts where are settled the merchants and camel- 

 drivers of the Modaïto Danakil tribe, and was once the capital of the Mussulman 

 kingdom of Adel. From Aussa to Tajurah Bay follow in succession several other 

 groups of cabins also belonging to the Afar tribes, and the northern shore of the 

 bay is bordered by widely scattered hamlets and villages. Amongst others is that of 

 Sangalo, which served till recently as the port whence the Galla slaves were shiiJjDed 

 to Arabia, and which was annexed to France in 1882 by the French explorer 



Fig. 68. — Course oF the Lower Awash. 



Scale 1 : 2,700,000. 



60 Miles. 



Solelliet. Still farther east the hamlet of Ambaho stands on a beach whence slaves 

 have also been frequently shipped in spite of the French or English cruisers which 

 are stationed on the shores of the Indian Ocean. Beyond Ambabo stands the town of 

 Tajurah, which has given its name to the great bay reaching some 36 miles into 

 the interior. Like Sangalo, this village has been ceded to France by the chief of 

 the Ad-Ali tribe, but neither of these hamlets were formally taken possession of. 

 till the year 1884. The beach of Tajurah is unfortunately almost level; the port is 



