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CHAPTER XIX. 



Journey from Barradudda to Thermadullah, general direction south 

 by west, time marching three hours and a half. — Quarrel with 

 Ras ul Kafilah. — Cooking scene. — Dankalli improvisatore. — ■ 

 April 2Qth. Staying at Thermadullah. — Camel saddles. — Stung 

 by scorpion.' — Cure. — Account of some neighbouring hot springs. 



April 28th. — We started from Barradudda by 

 sunrise, travelling nearly due south for the first 

 two hours, and south-west for the remainder 

 of to-day's journey. The road was all the way 

 excellent, being over a dry hard clay covered with 

 high coarse grass, which was alive with hares, 

 floricans, and guinea-fowl. To the north and east 

 were long continuous lava plateaus, one portion 

 of which formed the western boundary of Lake 

 Abhibhad, and beyond which Owssa was said to be 

 at the distance of twenty miles. In a wide fissure 

 plain of this table-land, about fifteen miles to 

 the westward of Abhibhad, another long and 

 narrow lake, called Killaloo, terminated the river 

 Wahahumbilla coming from the south, part of 

 which, in the direction of the lake, was visible 

 from some situations during our march this 

 morning. 



