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Note on the Mijjertheyn Somalees. By Lieut. C. J. Cruttenden, 

 Assistant Political Agent, at Aden. 



The Mijjertheyn Somalees inhabit the tract of country extending 

 from the small port of Bunder Tegadah on the Northern coast of Seef 

 Taweel, a flat belt of land in latitude 6° 30' N. and longitude 48° 4' 

 E. (Owen,) on the Eastern side of Africa, where they are bounded by 

 the Hameea tribe. The province of Murregham forms their limit to 

 the South, and the warlike tribes of the Dulbahante and Wursungeli, 

 mark their Western boundary. 



The country, generally speaking, is composed of continuous limestone 

 ranges, mostly running E. S. E. and W. N. W., and varying in altitude 

 from 1, 500 to 6,000 feet. In some parts, especially at Bunder Murayah, 

 the mountains near their summits are almost entirely composed of pure 

 white marble; they form naked sheets on which may be seen the "lubarC y 

 or frankincense tree, growing without any visible means of nourish- 

 ment, or any apparent fissure in the rock to support its roots. 



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