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twenty minutes’ walk behind the Kela hill, whence, under the name of Okora, they descend over ledges of stone in a southeasterly course, forming beautiful cascades. The bed of the torrent is an exceedingly narrow trench, the walls of which are steeply scarped on the eastern side, and are about nineteen feet high. ‘Their upper stratum, some fifteen feet thick, is composed of very close reddish clay, with hardly any intermixture, beneath which there is a layer of sharp-edged stone fragments cemented together with clay and mud. In the bed he granite boulders, which compel the brook to follow very fantastic windings. I was told that the Okora, which is fed by springs and contains water all the year round, loses itself in a swamp farther to the south-east. From the summit of the Kela hill an entirely new and extensive mountainous country is visible towards the south and south-east, whilst to the east the view is shut out. Jebel Pale looks very striking, with its three sharp towering horns ; it lies in the Lango country, as the people here call all the unknown district situated to the south and south-east. To prevent future travellers from making mistakes, I would call their attention to the fact, that when Negroes and interpreters are asked the names of mountains and countries, they generally give at first the name of the chief or tribe dwelling at the place in question, and only state the real names in answer to further inquiries. Thus, for Jebel Ogilli one usually hears Woll, which is the name of a tribe; Jebel Oppei is called Madi, and the district of Lirém is designated Aje, also the name of a tribe.

At the foot of the Langia range there lies a small and exceedingly fruitful plain, thinly wooded in parts, and affording very good pasture for cattle and sheep. In this locality, cattle are distinguished by having their ears lopped or pierced ; pieces are cut out of them, fringes are made at their edges, and they are twisted into curious forms, so that every cow-owner has his private pattern of ear.

Native huts and zertbas are scattered far and wide over the Kela hill and the surrounding country; small terraces are built for single dwellings right up to the peak of the hill, which is about 250 feet high. The style of the huts is similar to those in the Shuli and Shiluk districts, but they are generally smaller, and have a thicker roof, for protection from the cold. Oven-