Erba

We were on the outskirts of a village called Erba, and the automobile crawled on until it saw a little inn, with a lot of peasants sitting in the cool shade of an arbour, drinking wine; there it stopped, which was wonderfully intelligent of it.

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At Sunday’s FreshFarm Market in Dupont Circle, Farmhouse Flowers and Plants will have ranunculus and parrot tulips; Next Step Produce will have the Italian greens known as Erba Stella; the Copper Pot will have confit sunchoke soup.

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Todin is one of the most important approaches into the Soudan on the north side of the Erba group, and is practicable the whole way for camels, from which we never once had occasion to dismount, though going down might not be so pleasant.

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Erba penetrating into the heart of the mountains, but Ambaya is the principal one.

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Mogarra mountains were higher than Erba; and that it was well watered.

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Erba mountains, which group we insisted on going entirely round.

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Occasionally one got a glimpse of the majestic spurs of Erba, and occasionally a fantastic rock or a hill-slope a trifle greener than the rest would temporarily raise our spirits.

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Here again one penetrates into the mountain by a curious gorge, with deep pools of water, the rocks about which are, if possible, more fantastic than those of Erba.

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There was another letter from the mamour and another from Sawakin and a most tremendous lot of consultations, and at last my husband sent a letter to the mamour: 'Your Excellency, -- I have decided to go by Erba and

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The splendid mountains of Erba had been quite obscured by the sand, though there had been a magnificent view of them when we arrived.

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