. The earth and its inhabitants .. . r% i-frTlK 5g°50 40° 50' 30 Miles. Ansali may be explained by a gradual upheaval of the coast west of the Red Sea, as well as on the east side in Arabia. The coral banks and recent shells found at the north of the plain attest the presence of marine waters on the now upheaved depression between the plain of Bagad and Auwakil Bay. The rivers flowing from the Abyssinian chain are not sufficiently copious to repair the loss by evaporation, and thus the old lake, formerly of some extent, has gradually become a shallow swamp. The Taltals, who inhabit the surroun
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . r% i-frTlK 5g°50 40° 50' 30 Miles. Ansali may be explained by a gradual upheaval of the coast west of the Red Sea, as well as on the east side in Arabia. The coral banks and recent shells found at the north of the plain attest the presence of marine waters on the now upheaved depression between the plain of Bagad and Auwakil Bay. The rivers flowing from the Abyssinian chain are not sufficiently copious to repair the loss by evaporation, and thus the old lake, formerly of some extent, has gradually become a shallow swamp. The Taltals, who inhabit the surrounding district, assure the Abyssinians, possibly to protect themselves from their visits, that the lake occasionally " walks away " from its old bed in search of a new one ; and woe to the caravans overtaken by this sudden inundation ! Besides, even at some distance from the lake, travellers run the risk of sinking into the treacherous soil, and whole companies of men and beasts are said to have thus disappeared.
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