Berbera's Annual Fair
Berbera, the principal seaport and town of British Somaliland, facing Aden on the Gulf of Aden, is famous for its annual fair. Traders from all parts of the East gather there, swelling the number of natives from the interior to 30,000. Coffee, ghi, gold-dust, ivory, gum and ostrich feathers are exchanged for cottons, rice, iron, Indian piece goods, and other articles required by the inland tribes. A small Indian force is stationed in British Somaliland, but the local troops have now no doubt been increased. There is a good harbour at Berbera, but it has never been strongly fortified.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 61, 23 August 1940, Page 4
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102Berbera's Annual Fair New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 61, 23 August 1940, Page 4
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