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sparingly clad with trees, till, after a march of a couple 
of miles, rich talha trees and gerredh began to appear ; 
but even here groups of rocks cropped out from the sur- 
face. Thus keeping along at some little distance from 
the river, we encamped shortly after noon at the foot 
of a sandy eminence, and were very glad when we 
were enabled to dry our wet clothes and recruit our 
strength with a dish of mohamsa. 
Having ascended the rising ground in order to 
obtain a view of the mountains on the opposite shore, 
I went down to the river and enjoyed the wild scenery 
of the rapids, which here also obstructed its course, 
forcing this westerly branch to a velocity of perhaps 
six miles an hour, intersected by flat clifl's, which at 
present were only a few feet out of the water. A 
fine belt of trees lined the bank at a short distance 
from the edge of the river, the islands also being 
clad with rich vegetation, and, altogether, the lo- 
cality seemed to me worthy of a slight sketch, which 
has been represented in the plate opposite. I had 
hitherto looked in vain all along the shore for traces 
of the elephant, ; but I discovered that this part is 
visited by them in great numbers. The place is called 
Tiborawen. Having indulged in quiet repose for 
several hours, we were joined by our companions, 
who, seeing that I was not to be detained by their 
tergiversations, were anxious to come up with us. 
Keeping a short distance from the river, sundav, 
first in a more winding and then in a south- '^^^^ 
westerly direction, we entered, after a march of 
