Bararetta. 
After fortifying ourselves with a little food, and 
bottling up a quantity of muddy water, we set off 
again. At sunset we came to another pool of water, 
and a conversation took place as to the propriety of 
camping there. Here it was declared we should be 
troubled with mosquitos, while at Kurawa we should 
be without water. In the end it was decided to stay 
where we were. The Gallas again knew the spot ; and, 
leaving the path, led us directly to what seemed to be 
an ordinary camping-place, which, instead of being a 
thicket, was a spot upon which not a shrub or tree 
grew, and claiming for its only covering the magnifi- 
cent alcove of the sky. In the immediate neighbour- 
hood were trees enough, but the fancy of the Gallas 
seems to run in contrasts and extremes. Yesterday 
in an open space we must need seek a thicket ; to-day 
in a thicket we must select the most open spot to be 
found. 
Mosquitos came in swarms, making it necessary to 
lie as close as possible to the fires, and on that side of 
them over which the smoke blew. Fire and smoke 
are the only protection against these virulent pests. 
In a climate like this we cannot endure to be covered 
overhead with a thick sheet or rug, and a thin material 
the insect pierces with the greatest ease. It may 
appear strange, but to me the bite is sharpest coming 
through one's clothes ; like an exceedingly fine needle 
it enters your skin, and makes you start again ! This 
place is called Kakole. Our course throughout the 
day had been, as before, N.N.E. 
We rose on Friday, the 4th, after a very unsatisfac- 
tory night s rest. All our precautions against mos- 
quitos were insufficient. They annoyed us all through 
