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on the A'ussa side it is more open, and renders navi- 
gation possible, although even there caution is evi- 
dently necessary. I have no doubt that this is one 
of the most difficult passages of the river. The name 
of the cape is E'm-n-ishib, or rather E'm-n-ashid, 
" the cape of the ass." 
Having passed a place where the most westerly 
branch forms a small waterfall of about eighteen 
inches elevation, foaming along with great violence, 
we encamped on the slope of the green bank, adorned 
with fine herbage and luxuriant hajilij, in full view of 
this wild scenery. I made a sketch of it from the high- 
est ground near our halting-place, which is occupied by 
a small cemetery, tlie locality having been formerly 
enlivened by a hamlet of the Tmeliggizen, of the name 
of Lebbezeya. This encampment was also important 
to me, as I here had to take leave of our guide, Mo- 
hammed Kel e' Siiki, Avhom 1 had vainly endeavoured 
to persuade to accompany me as far as Say, although 
he would have had no objection to have fuliilled his 
promise, if our other guide, Hamma-hamma, had not 
broken his word, and stayed behind, for, alone, he was 
afraid to trust himself to the Fiilbe. It was, more- 
over, his intention to proceed from here on a visit to 
his friends, the Udalen. Convinced, therefore, of 
the justice of his arguments, I gave him his present, 
although I missed him very much, as he v/as an 
intelligent man, and had given me some valuable 
information. 
