History of the Somals: Suldaan Nuur Amaan

Habe Yunis tribe, one of the most powerful
in this part of Africa, and which could place
several thousand warriors in the field.

He was over six feet in hight
dignified in bearing and with manners as advancing to the attack, thrusting with the
easy and courtly as one is accustomed to spear and guarding with the shield on which
witness in the higher circles of civilized
The various members of the royal
the point of the spear was received. They
people.family arranged themselves behind his
had fine ponies, much superior to our own,
and in the best condition. The reception
chair and were evidently deeply interested
spectators of all that transpired. As soon
ceremonies over, the Sultan settled himself
as the Sultan had taken his seat, his follow
for a tall, and for what I imagined was the
ers commenced to give an exhibition of their
chief reason of his visit, to obtain medical
horsemanship, riding away singly or in pairs.