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TUBBO. 
observed that the stream had deposited the mud by which it was 
discoloured the evening before, and was now running quite clear : 
we saw in it a number of small fish resembling gudgeons. 
" Between six and seven o'clock we recommenced our journey 
along the stony border of the stream, sometimes turning off into 
groves of trees, beneath the shade of which the ground was covered 
with green turf. Captain Rudland shot a small deer of the same 
kind as those we met with at Massowah, and a large bird of the 
grouse kind. After passing a small burying-ground, named Wilio, 
we arrived at a thick grove, not unlike the mango topes of India : 
the trees of which it was composed also reminded us of the mango 
trees, from the form of their leaves and manner of bearing their 
fruit ; this latter, however, was not a pulpy berry, but a hard nut 
inclosed within a thin husk. The natives all declared that it was 
poisonous ; but Mr. Carter eat three or four of the kernels without 
experiencing any inconvenience. 
" Soon after, we arrived at Tubbo, a very picturesque station, 
abounding in groves of various shady trees, and surrounded by 
abrupt cliffs and precipices. Bruce has well described this place ; 
but though there were a great variety of birds around, their notes 
did not appear to me to be different from what we had often before 
heard. The mountains hereabouts are inhabited by the Hazorta, 
Welleihah, and above fifty other tribes, according to the concurrent 
reports of the people of Dixan and Arkeko ; whence it may be 
inferred that almost each hill has its distinct tribe. The Hazorta 
are at present, and have been for many years, on friendly terms with 
the Nayib of Massowah ; but a tribe to the eastward, called Hartoo, 
is at open war with him. A man of the former came down to us 
