e first drove of bullocks in this
country; it belonged to En-Noor. Overweg made a bet with me that En-Noor
would give us one of these animals to-day. I took his bet of twelve
small Aheer cheeses against his six, and won; for the greedy old dog has
sent us no bullock. This morning a man offers me a draught bullock for
sale. The price demanded is fifteen metagals of this country, two and
a-half of which are equal to a Spanish dollar. He lowered his price to
eight, and the blacks offered seven, but eight were at last given. One
of our people mounted the naked back of the bullock, and rode him as
quietly and easily as a little pony.

NOTE ON THE TERRITORIAL DIVISION OF AHEER OR ASBEN.

In the text, a list of towns and villages has already been given. The
following, obtained from another source subsequently, is far more
complete, and probably more correct. In it the towns and districts are
all described according to their situation from Tintalous, the point
from which they are made to radiate, both with regard to their compass
direction and distance. This account of the territorial division of
Aheer is nearly an exact translation from an Arabic paper, drawn up by
Mahommed Makhlouk, Fighi and Secretary of the Sultan En-Noor. I have not
distinguished any of the emphatic letters, the present transcript being
enough for my purpose.

WESTERN DIVISION.

Distance No. of Men.

Satartar, N.W. 3 hours 100
Takardaee 3 h. 30
Akeeka 4 h. 20
Asqudaee, S.S.W. 6 h. 120
Tagharet 6 h. 50
Tshagadmara 6 h. 20
Ebenturaghak 8 h. 30
Tugurut 10 h. 30
Tshemeya 8 h. 100
Edaka 2 days 150
Taleghat 2 d. 50
Agata 2 d. 50
Tegheedda 1 d. 20
Agalal 1-1/2 d. 100
Eretawa 2 d. 50
Ghargar-Dandamu 2 d. 50
Yinwajuda 3 hours 40
Tandawee 5 days 50
Baeenabu 5 d. 50
Sakalmas 6 d. 30
Egadas (Aghadez)
Banfalas 6 hours 20
Tanwansa. 6 h. 15
Tingareegaree 6 h. 10
Asaduragam 6 h. 50