IN LIRIA. 219 Lokoya mountains is divided into districts inhabited by various Bari tribes. One of these, which includes the Tollogo valley and the whole of the eastern slope of the mountains as far as Bér, is called Liria. As Rugong, the present chief of Liria, a son of Leggi, who was chief in Baker's time, has managed to acquire considerable influence as a rainmaker and a robber, the name of his district has gradually been extended beyond the boundaries of the district to which it was originally applied, but the Bari still confine this name to Jebel Tollogo and its spurs.

The guides drew our attention to a large cave, Kolomello, situated in the midst of a confused jumble of rocks and boulders, which must often have afforded protection from the . sun and bad weather to herds and herdsmen. ‘The burning rays of the sun, reflected by the bare rocks, poured upon us like a shower of fire; heat radiated from the burning sandy ground as from an oven; there was not a drop of water far or wide, only a multitude of singing grasshoppers, whose sharp metallic chirp fell more clearly on the ear owing to the oppressive silence. We were really delighted when the nearest buildings of Rinyak, the capital of the Liria district, appeared high up upon the mountain, and the cheerful clanging of hammers announced the approach to a smithy, which, according to Bari custom, always stands outside the village. A large plain at the foot of the mountain sinks gently towards the south, and we halted under great butter-trees and fig-trees, to see the chief of the country. He soon appeared, attended by about 200 men, and after receiving some presents, kindly promised to complete the number of our porters, asking, however, for a delay until the next morning. I took the opportunity of surveying the country from the slope of Jebel Oppone, usually known as Jebel Liria. A splendid panorama spread out before me, for about twenty different mountain groups were in view, extending from the solitary Jebel Loligono in the Bér (Berri) country, in the north, down past the Lafit range, to the superb Jebel Molong and the two-horned Jebel Ekara, in the Obbo country.

I noticed here that the names given by the Latuka often differed entirely from those employed by the people of dbiria,