LADO. 101 example. I may say in passing that Grondokoro is now occupied by ten men only ; it was given up as chief town for two reasons : first, because it was a hotbed of vice, and the headquarters of the slave-dealers ; and secondly, steamers could not get there at all times of the year as they can to Lado.

LADO.

The capital, Lado, is a well-built town ; the divan, offices, mosque, and government buildings are all made of burnt bricks, and roofed with corrugatediron. All the other houses are built of wood and grass, and have to be renewed every two or three years on account of the devastations made by white