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of rock, between which the clear water rushes merrily along, and slender doléb palms are reflected in it. On the banks lay many fresh-water shells, which unfortunately were so disfigured by fire that they were unrecognisable. The path now again wound upwards between ledges of gneiss, until the summit of the hill was reached, when a long chain of mountains came into sight on the right. A little pool beside the way harboured a fine Varan (lizard), which would have been caught, had any one dared to go near his long tongue—it is a dangerous creature.

Open woods of stunted trees with stiff leaves, most of which were much damaged by fire, covered the slopes of the hill, alternating with stretches of high grass, equally stiff and dry. The red ochre deposited along the margin of a stream trickled down the hillside, and its water, upon which played all the colours of the rainbow, proved the presence of iron in the soil. The puddles were choked with water-lles. Khor Yuba, the last large watercourse before reaching Faloro, with its tall shady trees and luxuriant underwood, presented a woodland scene surprisingly beautiful for this part of the country, and reminded one of the southern Ahors. Again the path wound up hill in the direction of the mountains. Short stretches of wood and fields followed one another in quick succession: in the latter sesame was spread on platforms to dry. When we reached the top of the hill, an imposing village lay before us, enclosed in a high stockade; this was Faloro, the goal of our day’s journey.

The chiefs of the place are two brothers, who, since the occupation of the place by the Danagla, have borne the nicknames of “ Hyzena” (dab be), and “ Fox” (b% husein). Dabbe came at once to greet us, and brought two small elephant’s tusks as a present. ‘l'hey received presents in return, and promised porters for the next morning. ‘Their mother, an aged dame, who seemed to enjoy great consideration, appeared afterwards to beg for some beads and bars of copper, and to bring her present of beautifully white flour made from a light-coloured variety of telabuin (Eleusine coracana). ‘Tomatoes, which have grown wild here since the time of the Danagla, as well as bananas, are found in abundance. ‘The Faloro of the present day does not stand on the site of the old Danagla station, the position of which was