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aware that a camel or package was in their neigh- 

 bourhood. 



Among those who remained, and now approached 

 the party I was with, was the grey-headed father of 

 Mahomed Allee. He came to tell me that he was 

 going with us as far as Hiero Murroo, to deliver 

 to me the boxes left by his son when unable, on 

 the last occasion, to convey them to Shoa. He was 

 a mild, sagacious, hale old man, and appeared 

 much respected, not only by his own tribe, but also 

 by every individual in our Kafilah. 



During the march, we passed along the most 

 southern edge of an extensive district of extinct 

 volcanoes, each of which, varying in height from 

 twenty to fifty feet, presented a perfectly-formed 

 crater, almost invariably broken down on the side 

 towards the south-east. Abundance of tales were 

 told by my companions of the Jinns who inhabited 

 these hills, one of which was called " the House 

 of the Devil's Wife," another " Jibel Mudfah," 

 (Cannon mountain) both names evidently alluding 

 to the usual noisy phenomena of volcanic action, 

 which is here frequently exerted. I cannot assert 

 positively, but I have reason to believe that the 

 great fire observed in this neighbourhood by Messrs. 

 Isenberg and Krapf, said by their guides to have 

 been spontaneously produced, was connected in 

 some manner with subterranean igneous operation. 



Although our march was scarcely for two hours, 

 and at the slow pace of the camels, it was sufficient 



