1-28 Bahr el Ghazal Country.

green grass succeeds to the high vegetation of the swamp lands, and covers a large proportion of the province to the north. There is also a great quantity of red ironstonecropping up, the detritus of which makes excellent roadways.

About Sayadin the Rohl has the local name of Yalso, so called after one of its tributaries. Towards the north the country is principally low, and in some places wooded. Felspathic rock crops out occasionally, but there are no bills except at a considerable distance from the river. About the station of Lori some of the Lori-Moru negroes are settled, but the districts between the stations are uninhabited.

Between Lori and Moffo the character of the country changes, and becomes much more varied by spreading woods and fantastically-shaped rocks, at the foot of which there is a rich vegetation.

Thus on the slopes of Tyack a rank growth is found in all the hollows, while at its foot magnificent palms tower above the lower shrubs.

Elsewhere there are stretches of meadows and trees, reminding one of English parks.

The vegetation differs greatly from that in the Makaraka country. In the latter the trees are large, and have strong leathery leaves, without thorns, while here it is quite the reverse. The western banks of this part of the Rohl present low-lying treeless flats covered with grass and rushes, and it maintains its monotonous character up to Dufalla; all distant view is shut in by woods. On the eastern side there is a low range of hills inhabited by numerous clans, offshoots of the Dinka tribe. Towns. Dufalla and Rumbek are the most important stations of the province ; the} 7 are distinguished by their palisaded dwellings, which are so often found among people of the Dinka race.

Dufalla used to be surrounded by a strong stockade and dep moat, with a few rusty cannon mounted on its ramparts. The houses are built on raised platforms and surrounded by high fences of reeds. The streets are so narrow that two people can hardly pass each other, and the town is very crowded.

Round the zeriba there are large villages with a native population of about 1,500.