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The Gallas revere it and plant it over sacerdotal graves. It suggests the Fetiss trees of Western Africa, and the Hiero-Sykaminon of Egypt. There are two species of this bird, both called by the Somal, "Daudaulay" from their tapping. The limbs are perfumed with the "Hedi," and "Karanli," products of the Ugadayn or southern country.
El Makrizi informs us that in his day Hadiyah supplied the East with black Eunuchs, although the infamous trade was expressly forbidden by the Emperor of Abyssinia. The Arusi Gallas are generally driven direct from Ugadayn to Berberah.
The principal measures are those of Ugadayn and Batar; these again are divided and subdivided; I fancy that the description of Dileho, Jibwhayn, and Hobala would be as entertaining and instructive to you, dear L., as Polka, Gavotte, and Mazurka would be to a Somali. On Friday our Sunday a drunken crier goes about the town, threatening the bastinado to all who neglect their five prayers.
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