198 THROUGH SOMALILAND AND ABYSSINIA CH. VII 
The whole of the country we passed over, after leaving the 
open Marar Prairie at Jig-Jiga, had been low and hilly, covered 
with thorn-forest of no great height, and since leaving the Jerer 
Valley it had been much cut up by ravines and watercourses. 
The most important of these were the Tug Fafan, which we 
crossed near Nano, and the Sullul and Daghatto streams. At 
the seasons when it is occupied by the tribes, all this country 
gives excellent pasture, and supports horses, camels, cattle, 
donkeys, sheep, and goats ; but there were no permanent settle- 
ments on this route between Hargeisa and the Webbe, a distance 
of about three hundred miles. 
In parts of the Jerer Valley, notably at Dagahbur, Haljid, 
Harakleh, and Jig-Jiga, cultivation could be extensively carried 
on; in fact, Dagahbur was, not long ago, a thriving settlement, 
but had to be abandoned for the usual reason, tribal feuds and 
the absence of any strong government. The Rer Amdden do not 
generally send caravans to trade at Berbera, but deal indirectly 
through the Sheikh Ash and Rer Ali. 
