240 , GONDOKORO TO AGARU.

Its summit is crowned with the dome-shaped huts of the village bearing the same name.

Dum palms (Hyphene thebaica) grow here, as they do at the ford of Khor Koz. It appears, therefore, that the southern limit of this tree runs along the Bahr-el-Jebel between Bor and Lado, and then advances farther to the south, no doubt owing to the sandy soil which connects the Latuka and Somal districts. Picturesque groups of rock inhabited by the restless Hyrax, well-tilled fields, and here and there small clumps of © doléb palms are seen along the road to Klianga, where, on the edges of the rocks, numerous clay vessels containing human bones seem to say, “Memento mori,” a rather unnecessary warning in Central Africa !

We counted more than thirty mountains in Tarangole and Loguren; most of them are covered with forest. We turned next through a broad belt of palm forest towards Jebel Ghatal, which lies at a distance of about half a mile to the left of the road, and is dotted over with numerous villages; Khor Irume, which we crossed yesterday, flows between the road and the mountain. A long lofty mountain range running from the south and west stretches along to the right of the road; it contains the high peaks of Lavalong and Legiri (which belongs to Jebel Lotese). We rested under a tall tamarind, near a well full of good water. The inhabitants of the surrounding villages obtain most of their water from this well, for Khor Koz is some distance away. The defile in which we camped is rather narrow, well tilled, and thickly peopled, although no inhabitants were visible. It runs to the west, through the mountain chain above mentioned, then to the east, through the prolongation of Jebel Ghatal (behind which the summits of Jebel Dongotelo appear), and ends in the south, near Jebel Sereten. The village Abure, high up on the slope of the mountains, overlooked our improvised camp, which was rather disturbed at night by numerous lions, A long row of hills, 100 to 120 metres high, runs in front of Jebel Bayango, and upon them all the villages in this neighbourhood are built. Parallel to them, on the right hand, the lofty Lomu range extends, from which Khor Ibiala descends in bold leaps to Khor Koz. The view becomes a little more extensive here.