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of Cat'haf. Two miles farther carried us to a nullah called Curmi-ci^ 

 Gdd'h, the bed of which we afcended, to get round a high rock that 

 projeds into the river's bed; the afcent was exceedingly toilfome and 

 ' dangerous, its length a mile and a half: another defcent to Elgu Gad'K 

 which we crofTed with difficulty, and an afcent from its bed, brought 

 us to the village Tear, our re (ling-place for ihe mgnh 



Our peramb'ilator, which had accompinied us throogh the hills, , 

 became fo floattered and crazy at Durdli, that we could make no ■ 

 further ufe of it; a considerable annoyance, as we mufl calculate the 

 difbance by time, and from point to point : from Suchito Tear it C3.u« - 

 not be lefs than 35 miles, . * 



It :"W3S mentioned,' tha' the men- of Diirdli village wer^ ali'abfent' 

 when we arrived. there; it was a fcertained indeedy^ thnt the obje6l of 

 their journey was p'undefj and to-d^y wc und^rftood, that they had 

 actually fuccecdedin driving away 4^pr 500 fiisep and goats from the 

 didr'hSto^ Cafhijr, Jaft after crofTing-P^^^a/^? '^'3^^$', we overtook a 

 large party of meoi amounting probably ~ to- vioD, ■ armed v/ith *.)xes, 

 bows and arrows, who, it appeared, had come from a village called 

 JRe.Thal, ihns accoutered, to wayday, and rob, the thieves of th:ir boo- 

 ty. Their information however was' too late, and the* plunder was fafe- 

 ly carried of. When- queftibned, they anfvvered without the ieaft hefi- 

 tation,:nor afFcdrd to conceal their intentions ; when*, told that fuch 

 mifdeedr, would draw on them the vengeance of government, and that 

 probablytu'enty-^or ihirty of themwould bs hunof; they fhewed nei« 

 ther the atfc;ttation offhame or contrition for the offence, nor fear of its 



*• Kvexy Pa':ar!a c.trrlcs sn .13c, caUcJSy ih-m Da^tgra,- yrh^ch i« fntiH," and worn ft.K k in ihc Cfm'rbi'td 

 JM a mnnn«r fimil-r to tlist in which the Goff'A^,- wcif ihfir Caen's.- 'Tr.e Da\^>a is I ! Ice the Cncrf, the 

 wftajion of ihc fuWicr, ihe hufbioJnnn> or trad«f<nan — ufffjl in a'l cafci, FcW of lh:;a, haJ taliv.in ; ihfy- 

 ais nut o!i£ii<;il!j b lull wc»pcrj :iii me itll im^oiicd frcm ihc iilaisij 



