Chap. LIX. SHORT MARCHES. 239 
Tih6re, which we reached after a march of about 
eight miles, the well, although situated at the foot of 
the hill, measured as much as twenty-five fathoms in 
depth. Owing to the weak condition of my camels, 
I was induced by my people to take up my quarters 
in this village ; but I was heartily tired of these short 
marches, for the hut where I was lodged was in very 
bad condition, being extremely small and dirty, with 
no trees to afford a little shade during the hot hours 
of the day. Provisions also were here very scanty ; 
and it was with great difficulty that I obtained a 
small supply of corn for our horses. But I was so 
fortunate as to procure a little sour milk, there being 
a tolerably large herd of cattle belonging to Fiilbe 
cattle-breeders, who inhabit a sort of suburb at the 
north-western end of the village. The whole neigh- 
bourhood was suffering from drought, as there had 
been no rain for the last eight days ; nor did a 
thunder-storm, which in the afternoon gathered from 
the east, bring us a single drop. 
The district also, through which lay the Sunday, 
first part of this day's march, was extremely June 19th * 
parched and suffering from want of rain, and in 
consequence of this drought, notwithstanding the 
advanced season, the ground hereabout had not yet 
been brought under cultivation; but after a march 
of a little more than three miles, through a country 
partly laid out in fields, partly covered with under- 
wood, we entered a district which had been more 
favoured with rain, and where the labours of the 
