Ascending1 by an extremely bad road the broken range to the southward, which commands a fine prospect2 over the valley of Gobaad, the káfilah reached Sankul on the 17th. It forms the focus of several small dales converging4 from the table-land, and shut in from all breeze by the surrounding steep black cliffs of basalt, passing into hornblende. A small cave near the encamping ground was occupied by a colony of industrious6 bees, and at the only well, flocks of the diminutive7 black-faced Berbera sheep were drinking from a trough formed of an ox-hide stretched between four stakes, to which the water was transferred in gourds8 by greasy9 Bedouin shepherdesses. The evening was passed in perpetual wrangling11 with these matrons during the operation of filling up the water-skins; and sad presage12 was afforded of a coming day of drought, which the exhausted13 and sinking cattle of the caravan14 were hourly waxing less able to endure.
The next march led over the high table-land of Hood15 Ali, a stony16 level thickly studded with dry grass, and extending in one monotonous17 plateau far as the eye could reach. The fetid carrion-flower here presented its globular purple blossoms among the crevices18, and a singular medicinal plant, termed Lab-lubba, was detected by the keen eye of a savage19 who had before evinced a latent taste for botanical studies. The usual encamping ground at Arabdéra was found to be pre-occupied by a nomade tribe of Bedouin goat-herds20, who monopolised the scanty21 water. Descending22 the range, therefore, the bluff23 brow of which commanded an extensive prospect over the wide level valley of Dullool, the káfilah halted at Suggagédan. This arid24 spot in the strand25-like waste was covered with masses of lava27 and with blocks of basalt from the adjacent hills. It was parched28 by a burning atmosphere, and afforded no water whatever—calamities which resulted in the abandonment of a horse and two of the mules30 that were no longer able to bear up against thirst and fatigue31; whilst many others now dragged their weary limbs with difficulty, and seemed but too well disposed to follow the example.
Dullool is one thousand two hundred and twenty-eight feet above the level of the sea—a perfect flat, covered with alluvial32 deposit, and studded with extensive tracts34 of coarse dry grass in tufts, among which, as the almost interminable string of camels crossed the following morning, both ostriches35 and gazelles were descried36. It is bounded by a bold mountain range, and the further extremity37 of the plain, towards the foot of Jebel Márie, is perfectly38 bare, stretching away to the westward39, in one uninterrupted sheet of hard compact mud, which imparts the aspect of the Runn of Cutch. A herd10 of wild asses26, precisely40 similar to those found on the Indian salt desert, materially enhanced the resemblance; and the sun, which had now attained41 considerable altitude, casting his rays in a full blaze over the naked plain, called up the dancing mirage42 that was alone wanting to complete the picture.
On this level expanse, which terminates in a cul-de-sac, shut in by high basaltic walls, inaccessible43 either to man or beast, the Ada?el affect to ride down the wild ass5, upon lean mules forsooth, and to rip up the quarry44 with their creeses. There had been much vain-glorious talking upon this head, but it ended, like every Danákil boast, in nothing. The hawk-eye of the Ogre detected an out-lying mare45 among the ravines at the foot of the range, and he dashed off the road with such lightning speed, that the animal narrowly escaped being hemmed46 into a corner; but once on the broad desert, and she tossed her arched neck, kicked up her wanton heels, and laughed at the absurd efforts of her impotent pursuers.
Loose stones again strewed48 the approach to the Márie range, which is of trap formation, of a slaty49 texture50, stained with red iron oxide51, and intersected by veins52 of iron clay. A breach53 in the hills, here about a thousand or twelve hundred feet high, formed a steep sloping ridge54 of lava rocks, containing quantities of carbonate of lime, disposed in rhomboids and hexagonal sheets. In this nook, surrounded by a thick jungle of acacia, were sundry55 basins filled with clear water, to which the solar rays had not penetrated56. They afforded most refreshing57 draughts58; and the skins having been replenished59, the encampment was formed at Dawáylaka, a full mile beyond. Márie is not a word of either Arabic or Dankáli derivation; whence it seems not improbable that this bold range of hills may in days of yore have been named by some wanderer from the West.
A fine fresh morning succeeded to a very sultry night, passed upon the hard hot stones; and at break of day, the cattle having been taken to the pools, where, at so early an hour, they would drink but little, the skins were again replenished, and the caravan pursued its march to Oomergooloof, which can boast of no water at any season. Of two roads, the lower, but more level, was adopted, in consequence of the exhaustion60 of the beasts of burthen. It led across a dry desert plain of six miles, over which the delusion61 of mirage was complete. Covering the valley far as the eye could reach, to the foot of the hills which rise abruptly62 on all sides, it imparted the appearance of an extensive bay, shut in by projecting headlands—a still calm lake, so unmoved by the wind that every cliff was most distinctly reflected on the mirror of its glassy bosom63.
Approaching from a higher level, a ripple64 played upon the surface of the visionary water; and the vapour being too subtle to screen irregularities of the ground, the aqueous expanse soon became gradually disunited, until it ultimately vanished altogether. The scene, cool and pleasant whilst it endured, formed a striking contrast to the baked alluvial desert under foot, destitute65 of even a vestige66 of vegetation, but over which was wafted67 a zephyr68 as unlooked-for as refreshing. Thrown in a particular way, and on certain atoms, rays of light produce illusions to the vision which are often embodied69 after the likeness70 of objects most deeply dwelling71 in the imagination. Thus it was that the character of the headlands of Dullool, square and perpendicular72, together with an islet riding like a ship at her cable in the centre of the molten basin, aided the striking similarity of names in the respective neighbourhoods, to bring vividly73 before the eyes of all, the apparition74 of the bay of Goobut el Kharáb.
Immediately opposite to Oomergooloof is a projecting spur from Jebel Oobnoo, a lofty range visible to the westward; and this divides the plain into two valleys, whereof the southern-most is denominated Wady Arfa. The Márie range here towers overhead, steep and precipitous, to the height of about nine hundred feet; stupendous masses of rock which have been detached from the summit, and strew47 the entire base, corroborating76 the assertion of the Danákil that earthquakes are frequently felt in the vicinity. Nomade tribes with their families and flocks, having settled at the wells which exist at a distance, had compelled the gentler portion of the Libyan creation to resort to regions more blest with water; and not even a desert-loving gazelle was espied77 during the march of twelve miles.
Ibrahim Shehém Ablí had long viewed with the eye of bigoted78 disapproval79, the attentions paid by one of the Mohammadan followers80 to two canine81 companions of the party, pets that had survived the passage of the fiery82 Teháma, but whose feet had become so lacerated by the hot lava boulders83 as to incapacitate them from walking. Quilp—for so the offending Moslem84 was styled from his striking resemblance to that notable character—was in the act of extricating85 his wire-haired charge from the panniers wherein they travelled, when the irascible little warrior86 approached, and, drawing his trenchant87 blade, swore with a dreadful anathema88 to exterminate89 him on the spot. “Dog, and father of dogs,” he exclaimed, seizing the dismayed mortal by the throat, “beware how thou again defilest thy fingers with those accursed curs, or by the beard of the Prophet I will sever3 thy gullet as one who has brought foul90 discredit91 upon the faith.” Then relaxing his grasp, and sheathing92 his creese with a horizontal flourish, he threw himself into the attitude of a slaughtered93 victim, and closed the significant lecture by mimicry94 of the gurgle heard in a divided windpipe, whence the tide of life is welling.
Several herds of cattle pertaining95 to the Issehirába Muda?to, grazed in the neighbourhood; and these were said to derive96 their supply of water from pools formed by a cluster of hot sulphureous springs at the further extremity of the plain, which, with a loud noise, rise bubbling from the earth at a boiling temperature. Possessing marvellous medicinal properties, they are believed to be a panacea97 for every malady98: but the tribe not being on terms with the Danákil, these thermal99 wells could not be visited, neither could water be obtained either for man or beast. A few Muda?to females, with their children, strolled into the camp to sell sheep, and stare at the Feringees; but the Ras el Káfilah would scarcely permit them to be spoken to, and was in a nervous fidget until they departed. Avowing100 that these greasy dames101 had come for no other purpose than to spy out the nakedness of the land, and that the creeses of their liege lords would prove troublesome during the night, he strictly102 interdicted103 all wandering beyond camp limits, and insisted upon the discharge of several volleys of musketry in addition to the cartridge104 expended105 at guard-mounting, and at every relief of sentries106.
The sky having become gradually overcast107 towards evening, a deluge108, equally to be desired and dreaded109, was deemed close at hand, but the threatening appearance passed off with the hot blast of the Shimál, accompanied by a cloud of dust, and followed by a close oppressive night. Skirting the Márie range to a tract33 thickly strewed with rounded masses of lava and basalt, the detritus110 from the adjacent hills, the road now wound over a volcanic111 ridge which divides the valley of Dullool from that of Amádoo, running exactly parallel to it. In this latter the caravan halted on the 21st, about a mile from a large pool of rain-water, occupying a rocky nook formed by huge blocks of basalt. The stagnant112 green fluid was far more palatable113 than it looked, although troubled by a legion of homed cattle, asses, goats, and sheep, the property of the Galeyla Muda?to, who were encamped in great force in the neighbourhood, and looked what they are said to be—most desperate villains114.
Altogether it was a bustling115 scene. Herdsmen shouted in every direction to their kine, whose sinister116 glances and lowered heads proclaimed their dislike of the white intruders; flocks of Somauli sheep, with incommodiously overgrown tails, swam about like otters117 to cool their heated skins; numbers of Bedouin damsels, after laving their own greasy persons, replenished their dirty water-skins; and one wrinkled old hag, in direct breach of the Moslem prejudice against “man’s friend,” was absolutely detected in the act of cleansing118 the rough coat of her own pet-dog.
This pastoral scene of savage life, where the peaceful occupation of the shepherd contrasted strangely with the presence of spear and buckler, was about mid-day exchanged for the tent. A crowd of listless, tattooed119 savages120, bearing very indifferent characters for honesty, soon swaggered in to see what they could pick up, and presently waxed so passing insolent121 that it was deemed prudent122 to intimidate123 them by a display of rifle-practice. Emboldened124 by numbers, they had begun to question old Izhák regarding his right to conduct strangers through the country without the permission, first duly obtained, of the “lords of the soil;” but seeing the stones fly about in splinters at two hundred and fifty yards they were not long in decamping, and gave no further annoyance125. The Galeyla tribe of Muda?to, which still boasts of the most expert and notorious thieves in the country, is, as might be conjectured126, on no very amicable127 terms with the Danákil; and the very severe chastisement128 it received at the hands of Lohe?ta ibn Ibrahim sufficiently129 accounted for the sudden desertion of the unattended Ogre, who donned his seven-league boots, and strode back to his castle from Dawáylaka, after he had pledged himself to accompany the party to the borders of the territory occupied by Mohammad Ali’s clan130.
From Amádoo, Aussa was represented to be only one day’s journey for a swift mule29, and two for a caravan of laden131 camels, the road branching off across Wady Arfa, and over the Jebel Oobnoo range, by which the extensive valley is bounded. At this point, moreover, had ceased the pretended influence of Mohammad ibn Mohammad, Sultán of Tajúra, the utter futility132 of propitiating133 whom had long been sufficiently apparent. Although in the eyes of the uninitiated it was no difficult matter to invest this avaricious134 imbecile with supreme135 authority over a fiery desolate136 tract, in most parts obviously unfitted for human location, his own immediate75 retainers did not now conceal137 that Mirsa Dukhán, and the Gollo mountains near the Salt Lake, bound even his nominal138 jurisdiction139. He is in fact Sultán of the sultry strand whereon his frail140 tenement141 is erected142; for the few lawless wanderers beyond, over whom he would assert supremacy143, are universally thieves and murderers, who disdain144 all fixed145 abode146, disclaim147 all mortal control, and acknowledge their own unbridled inclinations148 as their only master.
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