charcoal-pots

Updated: June 3, 2025

The gum of this tree is especially valued by the Somali women for fumigating purposes, which they apply to their bodies by sitting over it, when ignited, in the same manner as Cashmeres sit over their little charcoal-pots to keep themselves warm when resting on their travels.

John Hanning Speke - What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile