Mr; Mittu. 123 The Khar turners appropriated their corn, reduced them to slavery, and employed them as porters and builders.

Goats, a few poultry, and dogs are the only domestic animals possessed by the Jur.

Mittu.

The Mittu country lies to the south-east of Bongo Land, Country between it an 6" the River Rohl. In its southern part it is broken and hilly, but possesses many very fertile tracts.

The nation really consists of groups of tribes, the northern of which call themselves Mittu, while the others are designated as :— Madi, Madi Kaya, Abbakah, and Luba.

Their collective country lies between the Rohl and the Roah Rivers, and for the most part is situated between 5° and 6° N. lat. To the north it touches on the Dinka tribes of the Rohl and Agar. On the south it is bounded by the eastern extremity of the Niam-Niam and the Makaraka. The Mittu call their own land Moro.

The Mittu tribes can all converse with one another, inhabitants. though there are slight differences in their dialects.

In manners, customs, and dress they most nearly resemble the Bongo.

The Khartumers had stations in the country, but never entirely snbjugated the more southern tribes.

Physically the Mittu are inferior to the Bongo, and are not capable of sustaining much fatigue.

In the adornment or disfigurement of their bodies the Mittu have distinctive characteristics of their own. A peculiar custom is the distortion of their lips with plates of ivory, &c.

The land is very productive, and they cultivate a Agriculturevariety of cereals, roots, and fruit. It requires little labour, and is specially fertile between lats. 5° and 5° 80' 1ST. in the districts on the Upper Roah and Wokko, and in the district of Mbomo, between the Lehssy and the Roah, where the growth of maize is extensive.

They breed the same domestic animals as the Bongo, Animals.

viz., goats, dogs, and poultry ; they possess no cattle, and, it is said, show a preference for dog's flesh.

Their huts are smaller and far inferior to those of the Bongo.