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agricultural. Each encampment has its iman, and every tribe its 
extempore poets. 
Don Juan de Sosten (Bol. de la Soc. Geog. de Madrid) gives 
an account of his expedition in Eastern Africa. From Adowa 
(Tigre) he ascended the mountain Deyam, reputed the highest of 
the mountain range of that part, and found it to be 4631 meters 
in height. It was evident, however, that another peak, that of 
Bajuit, was higher; this was also ascended by Sr. Sosten, who 
found it to be 4917 meters in height, and capped with snow. Sr. 
Sosten afterwards explored the labyrinth of forest-covered moun- 
tains known as the district of Zebul (12° 12’ to 12° 47’ N. lat, 
40° 25’ E.lon.). This is united on the south by a range of hills 
to the Ethiopian table-lands, from which it is distinct in its geol- 
ogy and its flora. Our traveler then crossed the Galla country 
to the west of Zebul, and proceeded southward, crossing sever 
streams which pour from the eastern slope of the Ethiopian chain. 
Two of these, the names of which are written by him Mersé and 
Addifuha (Adifuya ?), are not to be found in any map, nor have 
they been explored. Lake Haic (11° 23’ N. lat., 40° 5’ E. lon.) 
is 1920 meters above the Red sea, is surrounded by mountains 
from 2000 to 2500 meters in height, and covers some sixteen 
square miles. The principal stream flowing into this lake com® 
from the south and was tracked by our traveler to a previously 
unknown lake called Ardibbo, 2088 meters above the sea. m 
lake is somewhat smaller than Lake Haic. The water discharg 
by Lake Ardibbo into Lake Haic is twenty-nine times ee 
than that which it receives from streams, and it is an unexplal A 
problem whence the water comes. From Lake Ardibbo ee 
traveler proceeded eastward till he reached the Melle near 7 
junction of the Addifuha. The Melle was then followed to its C0 
fluence with the Hauasch, which was seen to slope towards a E 
lake, probably Lake Ausa. At this point the bold oe s e 
tention to explore a route to the Red sea was frustrat ae 
were now stopped by a command from King John to apen 
fore him to answer the accusations of an enemy, W99 On 
that Sr. Sosten was a spy of the Egyptian government. ompa- 
return journey the tombs of Cristobal de Gama and wei King 
ions, who in the fifteenth century fell in the service of 
of Abyssinia, were discovered. ; dis- 
Tue Paciric Istanps.—Krakatau.—tThe late erup tion . 
membered the Island of Krakatau. Part of it pe consti- 
island, eight miles to the north, while another Focking oe 
tutes Calmeyer island, seven miles north-east, es 
Duly, 
with their neighbors. Toward the Webbe the people are more l 
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