But at Ahalala everything was straggling.

The houses, such as they were, stood here and there about the place, while a great part of the population lived under canvas.

And then Ahalala was decidedly in the forest.

The trees around had not yet been altogether killed, nor had they been cut down in sufficient numbers to divest the place of its forest appearance.

Ahalala was leafy, and therefore, though much less regular, also less hideous than Nobble.