The view was in many respects very interesting, as it showed us a
great part of the main range from an entirely new point of view,
and the air on this day was unusually clear. Looking westward, where
the horizon, at a distance of at least eighty miles, must have been
rather near the Atlantic coast, we were able to assure ourselves
that the hills that extend through most of the great province of
Haha are all of moderate height, none of them approaching that
on which we stood. In this respect Beaudouin’s map is much more
correct than that of Gerhard Rohlfs, which seems to show that the
main chain at its western end is broken up into lofty, diverging
branches, some of which extend far through Haha. No prominent object
caught the eye to the northward, except the familiar flat-topped
hills near Sheshaoua. For the last time we were able to distinguish
the site of the city of Marocco, bearing about NE. by E., and over
sixty miles distant. About due east the high range at the head of
the Aït Mesan valley showed much more snow than when we viewed it
five days before from the summit of Djebel Tezah, while the latter
mountain seemed pretty much in the same condition in which we had
found it. About due south a rugged peak towards the head of the
Imintanout valley had snow in rifts and depressions; and another of
somewhat similar aspect, rising farther east and above the head of
the Seksaoua valley, seemed to be the highest point in the whole
range west of the sources of the Oued Nfys. From their position,
and the ruggedness of their aspect, either of these peaks promised
well for a naturalist who could succeed in gaining access to them,
but we felt that such good fortune was not now in store for us.
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