Dip. AGARU TO FAIU LI.

unique head-dresses, made of beautifully dyed bird-skins. In Lobbor they speak a language of their own, as well as Shuli. Lirem, or Lorém, adjoins Lobbor on the north, and is also called Aje, after its inhabitants; it is very populous, and may be reached from here in five days, by way of Jebel Facher, in an almost easterly direction. The district of Koliang lies next to that of Lirem. Behind it, towards the eastnorth-east, is the district of Bognia, visitors from which proved to be of the Lango type, with oval faces, flapped head-dresses, and cowrie ornaments. ‘Turkan, the sandy country lying to the south, sinks in broad terraces, and possesses only a little brackish water. Many mountains are however visible. Its inhabitants are nomads. My men compared the vegetation there to that of southern Kordofan. A sweet-scented Lawsonia and large acacia woods are very abundant. I was told of the phenomenal springs of Natefar, occupying a deep circular hollow in the ground, which is filled with soil resembling “ashes,” and from which abundant supplies of good sweet water can be obtained by digging. Directly behind Lobbor lies Termayok. ‘The district of Rom adjoins Koliang on the north, I give these notes with great reserve, especially with regard to bearings, as my information was gained from Negroes; all being well, I shall myself visit these countries in order to inspect our stations.

The zoological specimens I obtained are scarcely worth mentioning. Zosterops senegalensis and T'richolais elegans are very common; Zonogastris phenicoptera is rarer. We lost a large black and white bird (perhaps a shrike— Urolestes) in the high grass.

We were obliged to return by the same route, as our time was limited. ‘The country being flooded, owing to the almost incessant rains, and every runnel of water having been transformed into a gushing torrent, the passage of which caused much delay, we got no farther on the first day than Jebel Leruama. A night march enabled us to traverse the waterless tract, which extends to Khor Dore, during the cool hours, but we had to submit to a cold bath in the tall grass. It is particularly unpleasant to march through extensive corn-fields, for