444 SCENE OF HALT. 



neighbouring Assa-hemerah, who seemed to think 

 that the less intercourse they had with us the better. 

 Three or four women brought their children to me 

 for medicine, which I gave them, and some old 

 people, blind with age, kneeling, shewed their 

 sightless orbs, and went away disappointed at my 

 inability to restore to them the light of day. 



A little after sunset, at the request of the B,as ul 

 Kafilah, Ohmed Mahomed, I fired my guns, as a 

 warning voice for the especial instruction of any 

 foes to Kafilahs that might be lurking around us. 



Immediately to the south of our encamping 

 ground, was a broad shallow valley, covered with 

 low trees, and called Aleekduggee Kabeer, and 

 which turned to the east and north in a direction 

 towards Hiero Murroo. The stream that sometimes 

 runs along it, flows into the temporary lake of 

 IrulofF, which itself, on occasions of great rains, 

 communicates with the river of Killaloo. In front 

 of us, to the west, was a slightly elevated crest, over 

 which was the valley of Aleekduggee Sageer, flow- 

 ing towards the north into the Hawash. 



