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of soft leather petticoat, as the Adal ladies ; and their 

 feet were protected by the simple sandal formed of 

 one piece of dried ox skin, secured to the sole of the 

 foot by a loop into which one toe is inserted, and by 

 a tie or thong of leather passed in front and around 

 the ancles to the side lappels. Whilst bartering 

 their goods they occupied themselves also in twisting 

 a bundle of hemp, fastened to the front of their 

 girdle, into an excellent rope, which, as it was 

 made, was secured behind them upon their loins. 



From the hemp and tobacco brought in this 

 manner to our camp, I concluded that agriculture 

 was carried on to a considerable extent by the Gallas 

 occupying the fertile plains on each side of the 

 southern portion of the river Hawash. This struck 

 me at first as being a characteristic distinction 

 between them and the Dankalli, whom I had been 

 accustomed to associate only with the care of 

 flocks and herds ; but when I remembered the 

 highly cultivated condition of Owssa, proved by 

 the great quantities of dates and jowharee grain 

 brought into Tajourah, either for home use or 

 for exportation, I felt satisfied, that the physical 

 character of the surface of different parts of the 

 country of Adal had produced those differences in 

 the mode of life observed in the herdsman Dankalli, 

 in the agricultural Mudituand Galla, or in the 

 seafaring Soumaulee, all of whom belong to one 

 family of man. 



After remaining about an hour with us the 



