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consequence of the rains, fresh herbage was springs 
ing up.* 
Here we ascended the sandy downs, keeping close 
along the green border of the bot-hd, and passing two 
small encampments, till we descended again from 
the rising ground into the green bed of the valley, 
w^hich was here about three miles broad, and richly 
overgrown with daman-kadda interspersed between 
the dum-bush, with which the small isolated sandy 
downs were adorned, besides a little "ashur," tursha, 
or Asclepias. But we soon received another serious 
warning not to trust to this low swampy ground, 
for we suddenly observed a considerable sheet of 
water, which seemed to be connected with the prin- 
cipal river extending in front of us, so that we were 
obliged to regain the higher ground. 
While riding a while by myself, I was much amused 
in observing our motley troop, consisting of about 
thirty individuals, some mounted on horses, riding 
singly or in pairs, others on camels, others again 
toiling along on foot, some armed with guns, and 
some with spears, and all in different attire, moving 
along this low swampy ground, where it rose a few 
* I here subjoin a list of the names of the most celebrated wells 
and pasture grounds of A'derar, some of which were at a former 
period, the sites of wealthy towns : — Amiisin, A'raba, Tin-daran, 
Yunhan or Gunhan, Suk or e' Suk, Ijenshishen, A^zel-adar, Kidal^ 
a very fine district ; E^n-deshedait, Taghelib, Marret, Talabit, 
Tadakket, A^sway, An-emelien, An-sattefen, Asherobbak, Tin- 
zawaten, Tajemart, Elewi, Dohendal, Tin-ajola, E'n-rar, Ejarak, 
A'shu, A''lkit, Takelhut, Dafelliana, E'n-afara. 
