CHAPTER XII.
DANGEROUS APPROACH TO ÁSBEN 120
Picturesque Peak—Valley of Arókam—Caravan of Merábetín—Aséttere—The Guinea Worm—The Caravan (at Aísala)—Berber Inscription—Ikadémmelrang—Peculiar Mounts—Marárraba, the Halfway—Bóro’s Threats—First View of Ásben—Asïu—Approach of the Enemy—Valley Fénorang—The Freebooters’—Timázkaren—Máket-n-Íkelán, the Slaves’ Dance—Continued Alarms—The Valley of Jínninau—Pleasant Valley of Gébi—The _Capparis sodata_.