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The camels could scarcely walk, and my mule's spine rose high beneath the Arab pad: such are the effects of Jilal , the worst of travelling seasons in Eastern Africa. At 1 P.M. we unloaded under a sycamore tree, called, after a Galla chieftain , "Halimalah," and giving its name to the surrounding valley.
The rain which then falls is called Dairti or Hais: it comes with a west- south-west wind from the hills of Harar. Jilal is the dry season from December to April. Some reckon as a fifth season Kalil, or the heats between Jilal and the monsoon. According to Bruce this tree flourishes everywhere on the low hot plains between, the Red Sea and the Abyssinian hills.
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