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the loads across. Each load had three men, one to carry and two to steady it and prevent the porter being taken off his legs by the force of the current. From this stream the march was through a grass Drairie, full of elephants, till we came to Faguna, a Madi >village, where we camped for the night. The Madis here must not be mistaken for the Madis west of Lado. They seem to be a tribe which, coming from the far west of the Nile below Dufli, have gradually pushed themselves in a wedge-shaped manner across the river, and the apex of the wedge is at jji-esent some thirty miles north-north-west of Fatiko. These are not the Madis mentioned by Grrant ; they are Shulis.

During the whole of the march from Fatiko, we could see Grebel Meto on the further side of Dufli, and Gebel Abu Sala to our right, and Grebel Lore on our left. From the Madi village to the Khor Jafir, the road was , exceptionally good. That stream was very rapid, but not deep. After crossing it the path became very slippery, and the porters fell a good many times, a most unusual occurrence ; but I noticed that only those carrying pots of honey fell, and the pots being broken a great scramble took place for the contents, which were soon eaten, mud and all. We were taking a large quantity of honey with us, as it is very plentiful at Fatiko, and of unusually good quality. The wax is now being collected there, and I should imagine