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are several in the vale. This rivulet, however, does not extend 
across the plain, being dried up before it gets through the valley. 
There is another stream which comes from the northward, running 
more to the west, that still carries a considerable stream. We 
stopped here to take our breakfast, after which we continued our 
journey, ascending the hill on which is situated the village of Ade- 
hadid. On the way we met a servant of Baharnegash Yasous, who 
informed us that his master had made arrangements for our staying 
there for the day, and proceeding to Dixan in the morning : ac- 
cordingly we took possession of two sheds prepared for our recep- 
tion. For my own part, however, conceiving it pleasanter to be in 
the valley by the side of the stream, than in a miserable hut at the 
top of a barren hill, I returned, accompanied by Mr. Carter, to the 
vale of Zarai, and took with me all the mules, for the sake of the 
excellent pasturage which I had observed there, the hill itself af- 
fording nothing except kolqual and acacia. 
" November 1. — We left Adehadid at daylight, and travelled 
over a country entirely parched up, not a blade of green being 
visible, except a few Justitias, and great quantities of acacia and 
kolqual. There is scarcely any plain ground between the hills that 
form the ascent to Dixan, which we again reached by an early hour. 
