364 THROUGH SOMALILAND AND. ABYSSINIA 
Date. 
Place. 
Elevation 
in feet 
above 
sea-level. 
Time. 
Thermo- 
meter. 
°Fahx. 
August 31 
Harrhe 
5761 
1 P.M. 
80 
2 P.M. 
75 
Sept. 3-5 
Makanis (Marar 
6209 
6 A.M. 
56 
Prairie) 
7 P.M. 
65 
„ 9 . 
Kalerug . 
6310 
3.30 p.m. 
72J 
„ io . 
Sarir Gerad 
6330 
6 A.M. 
56 
„ 24 . 
Biyo Kaboba . 
3353 
Noon. 
1034 
„ 25-26 . 
Hassein Gedfchi 
2252 
5 A.M. 
67 
„ 30 . . 
Lehellu 
10 
2 P.M. 
93 
October 4 
Zeila 
45 
3 A.M. 
84 
10 P.M. 
85 
Glossary of Geographical Names 
Tlie names have been spelt in accordance with the Royal Geographical 
Society’s system, vowels having an Italian pronunciation, ei being pro- 
nounced as in the English word “weight,” and so forth. 
The following will occur often in geographical names, some being 
modern terms, others having fallen into disuse in ordinary conversation : — 
Ad, Ado, white. 
Ass, red. 
Ban, an open plain ; as Ban-yero, 
little plain. 
Biyo, Biya, water ; as Biyo-foga, dis- 
tant water ; Biya-ha-godleh, water 
of the place of caves. 
Bur, a mountain or hill ; as Bur- 
mddo, the black hill. 
Daba, foothills ; as Daba-ddo, the 
white hills. 
Dag ah, a rock ; as Dagaha-ddyer, 
the monkey-rock. 
Dih, a valley ; as Dih-wiyileh, the 
valley of rhinoceroses. 
Dur-dur, a perennial spring. 
j Eil, a deep well ; as Eil Sheikh, the 
Sheikh’s well. 
Gad, a headland or bluff ; as Gadki- 
gobleh, the bluff of the place of 
the gob tree. 
Ged, a tree ; as Ged-wein , big tree. 
Gola, Gol, a peak ; as Gola-dagah , 
the rocky peak ; Gol-aderyu , the 
peak of koodoos. 
Gumbur, a hillock ; as Gumbur-ta- 
jifto, the sloping hillock. 
Habr, Rer, and the Arabic Ayyal, 
are tribal prefixes. 
Hassddan, a euphorbia tree ; Has- 
sadinleh, the place of the eu- 
phorbia. 
lledd , or Dud, a forest ; as Dud- 
libah, the lion forest. 
Kabr, graves ; as Kabr Ogdden, the 
Ogaden graves. 
Karin or Duss, a pass ; as Karin- 
dagali, the rocky pass. 
Las, a shallow well or sand-pit ; as 
Las Anod, milk well. 
Mdido, Mddu , or Madoba, black. 
Magala, a town ; thus Berbera is 
called Magala-sahil, the “ coast 
town.” 
Nds, a pointed breast or hillock ; 
as Nds-g6dki , the hillock of the 
cave ; Ndso hablod, the maiden’s 
breasts. 
Sara,r, a plateau ; as Sarar-ki- addda, 
the white plateau. 
