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are written with the Arabic character, but in a different language ; 

 and that there are learned men among the Somali, who make books. 

 The language is harsh. He had never heard of the existence of anti- 

 quities or inscriptions in the Somali country. Each man carries three 

 or four spears, but some have bows and arrows. They cannot fight 

 the Galla, who are the strongest;" but he declared at the same time, 

 that " he had never heard of the Galla fighting the Somali." 



D E N K A L I. 



The Danakil tribes, inhabit the district north of the Somali, and 

 fronting on the lower portion of the Red Sea ; and on a line with 

 Zeyla, they appear to be much extended into the Interior. They 

 "speak a different lariguage from the Somali; and individuals visit 

 Mocha for the purpose of bringing slaves, which they obtain in the In- 

 terior;" and which it is presumed, are chiefly Galla. 



The Denkali, were said to "conduct themselves well while at 

 Mocha; but to come only a few at a time." The first individual I 

 met with, happened to be of short stature and short-necked ; and he 

 might readily have been mistaken for a Feejeean, agreeing even in 

 the disposal of his hair. Points of difference, however, were perceived 

 on a closer inspection; and the other Denkali seen, did not differ phy- 

 sically from the Somali and Barabra. 



GALLA. 



The Galla tribes, have long been regarded as the terror of East 

 Africa ; and tlie extensive region they inhabit, has been very little 

 visited by strangers. The Galla are for the most part, purely pasto- 

 ral in their habits : but according to Mr. Isenberg, the tribes border- 

 ing on the highlands of Abyssinia, cultivate the ground. 



The Northern Galla, furnish great numbers of slaves; princi- 

 pally women and children, who are sent by the way of Abyssinia 

 into Egypt and Arabia. In the latter country, many of the town 

 Arabs are of partial Galla descent. I did not meet with like in- 

 stances at Cairo and Alexandria ; where, however, the Galla women 

 hold a similar position with those in Arabia. Some of them, more- 



