WAOU. 179 and even had windows in the walls. We stayed there one night ; the next day an hour's march brought us to the site of the old station, and three hours afterwards we rested at the village of Majok, whose kindly chief soon brought us good water and some splendid heads of maize, called by the natives " dhurra-shameh," or " esh-er-rif." The chief of Majok had a most typical " American " face. We narrowly escaped a bad accident here, for the people were so careless about lighting the fires to boil our coffee, that they set fire to the jungle ; and we had an exciting, though happily only a short, race with the flames. Between Waou and Pizelia the road lies through jungle, with very few large trees.

Bamboos were seen growing luxuriantly in one place, and there are two plateaus, about 150 feet high, running north and south, the ascent to and descent from which are very steep indeed. Pizelia is very picturesquely situated in a horseshoe-shaped valley formed by a low range of hills. The river Grhitti flows a little to the north of this place ; but as I was sufl'ering from a sharp attack of fever, I was u.nable to go and see it. The people at this station are much annoyed by boa constrictors ; we saw a large one in a tree overhanging the path.

From Pizelia to Dem Idris there are two roads ; one via Dembo, the large trading depot of Genaue Bey, and another, more direct, leading through a dense forest. This road cannot be used in the rainy N 2