THE LATUKA LANGUAGE. 239 and the Shuli, so is also the language of Akara, a country lying still farther to the east, whose inhabitants dress, and arm themselves with two spears, exactly like the Shuli. It is said that, at a few hours’ distance from Logere, a stream called Tu, running due north, may be reached. Its broad sandy bed, covered with islands and boulders, brings down very little water (just like Khor Asua) throughout the year, except at the rainy seasons, when it is very full. On either bank there are dense woods of doleb palms, in which all kinds of game abound. There is said to be a much more important stream farther to the east, but no one from here has yet penetrated so far.

I attempted to compile a vocabulary of the Latuka language, and found that its idiom differs entirely from the languages . spoken on the White Nile. A thorough investigation of it was, of course, impossible during so short a stay. The Arabic suttural ghain often occurs in Latuka, as in Shuli, and likewise a nasal n, U is employed as an article. Gender, when necessary, is marked by certain words placed before the noun. The cardinal numbers are not formed by combinations, but quite different words are employed. I cannot give any information about conjunctions.

The sky was overclouded when we left Tarangole. Taking a south-easterly course along Khor Koz, through beautiful park land, we reached the ford in about half an hour. The khor was here about twenty-two yards broad, and full of yellowish water, which reached up to our thighs, and flowed over a sandy, rocky bottom. We had a pleasant march over a very good firm road through sandy country covered with open wood, the ground being rather wet in some places; the predominance of acacias (Acacia albida, A. mellifera, and A. campylacantha) and Balanites gave a grey tone to the scenery. Khor Oteng, now very insignificant, is said to pour such large volumes of water into Khor Koz in the rainy season, that the passage is otten rendered impossible for hours. The ford of Khor Koz is called Chuchur; a splendid forest of doléb palms, yielding an abundance of odorous fruits, skirts the khor, copses of various other trees intervening. Large flat blocks of friable granite, with white streaks, lie across the road that leads direct to the foot of -the hill of Loguren, which is about four hundred feet high.